Intermission
a creative coffee break from writing the play

Edna St. Vincent Millay
Rockland, Maine, U.S.A.
February 22, 1892

Shall I forget, then,
When I am old, I ever was a child?
I tell you I shall think of you
Throughout my life, without such tenderness
As breaks the heart,—and I shall think of you
Whenever I am most happy, whenever I am
Most sad, whenever I see a beautiful thing.
You are a burning lamp to me, a flame
The wind cannot blow out, and I shall hold you
High in my hand against whatever darkness.

Bianca, p.38
The Lamp and the Bell
a play in verse (1921)
by Edna St. Vincent Millay