For warmth alone, for shelter only
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892 to 1950
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For warmth alone, for shelter only
From the cold of the eyeless wind,
That knows my whereabouts, and
To be at your door when I go down
abroad at all tonight in town,
I left my in air, and sinned,
Laying my head against your
A moment, and as suddenly
Withdrawing it, and sitting there,
Warmed a little but far from warm,
And the still waiting at the foot of the stair,
And harm done, and the phrase in air.
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