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I Said To Beauty
I Said To Beauty
Edna St. Vincent Millay
I SAID to Beauty,
"Thou art that ogre Which, when I have thee, Turns to a toad.
Turns to a thousand Ugly faces.
Turns to abhorrence Under my hand."
I said to Beauty, "Nevertheless,
And in and out Of all thy guile,
Though thou eat me, Though thou scald me, Though thou void upon me Thy foulness,
Here I stand Upon thy carpet,
I will hold thee In my fingers Till thou art Thyself again.
I will not let thee go."
