Who that then had any taste of which he can now be proud but remembers the discovery, among the numerous failures and very innumerous successes which made up the volume, of Renascence, by a girl of twenty whose name none but her friends and a lucky critic or two had heard? After wading through tens and dozens of rhetorical strophes and moral stanzas, it was like suddenly finding wings to come upon these lines:
The real poetical event of 1912, however, was the appearance in The Lyrical Year, tentative anthology, of the first outstanding poem by Edna St. In that year was founded a magazine for the sole purpose of helping poems into the world in that year was published an anthology which meant to become annual, though, as it happened, another annual by another editor took its place the year following. The little renaissance of poetry which there have been a hundred historians to scent and chronicle in the United States during the last decade, flushed to a dawn in 1912. Ragged Hand – Read & Co is republishing this collection of classic poetry now in a new edition complete with a biography of the author by Carl Van Doren.
Other notable works by this author include: “Two Slatterns and a King” and “The Lamp and the Bell”. One of the most celebrated poets in American history, Millay is hailed as the twentieth century’s most skilful sonnet writers who expertly married modern attitudes with traditional forms of expression. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) was an American playwright, Pulitzer Prize-winning lyrical poet, and feminist activist. Vincent Millay, by Carl Van Doren”, “Renascence”, “Interim”, “The Suicide”, “God’s World”, “Afternoon on a Hill”, “Sorrow”, “Tavern”, “Ashes of Life”, “The Little Ghost”, “Kin to Sorrow”, “Three Songs of Shattering”, etc. Celebrated for their lyrical beauty which is most evident in her early works, Millay’s poems are infused with fiery romance and the youthful spirit that would become a characteristic of her writing. Vincent Millay, including one of the best-known American poems “Renascence”.
This book contains a classic collection of poetry written by Edna St.
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