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Indifference

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I said,--for Love was laggard, O, Love was slow to come,--             "I'll hear his step and know his step when I am warm in bed;         But I'll never leave my pillow, though there be some             As would let him in--and take him in with tears!" I said.         I lay,--for Love was laggard, O, he came not until dawn,--             I lay and listened for his step and could not get to sleep;         And he found me at my window with my big cloak on,             All sorry with the tears some folks might weep!

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"I said,--for Love was laggard, O, Love was slow to come,--..."

Exploring the themes of classic, Edna St. Vincent Millay delivers a powerful performance in "Indifference"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

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"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

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