tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212243715862066794.post3152612458855279641..comments2024-03-14T03:33:28.945-04:00Comments on Literary Crushes/Grave Matters: Edna St. Vincent Millay - Feb. 22, 1892 - Oct. 19, 1950George Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15882576171159405598noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212243715862066794.post-2922223375494313462011-07-06T11:49:13.230-04:002011-07-06T11:49:13.230-04:00Thank you for remembering Edna St. VIncent Millay....Thank you for remembering Edna St. VIncent Millay. I grew up in Spencertown (a hamlet in the Town of Austerlitz) but my father was born in a house at the corner of Rt 22 and 203 in 1924. He grew up in Austerlitz. His father did some work for Ms. Millay and our family has been enamoured with her work and her legend ever since. WHile attending Chatham High School, I wrote a paper for an English class based on the life and works of Ms. Millay. I made my way to Steepletop and spoke at length with her sister. Even though I graduated more than 35 years ago, I remember the day well. WHile cleaning out my garage, I found a First Day of Issue stamped envelope with Ms. Millay's stamp, addressed to my father. It is dated July 10, 1981. Do you have any idea the monetary value of the stamp? I just wanted to know. Thanks for any help. Also, the picture you have posted of the landmark sign indicates that it is located on Rt. 9. It is actually on Rt. 22 as evidenced by the sign in the rear of the pcture. Thanks. DianeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212243715862066794.post-5366104991174425072011-03-03T20:12:13.272-05:002011-03-03T20:12:13.272-05:00george: i admire your devotion to truth and beaut...george: i admire your devotion to truth and beauty. reading edna makes me misty for frozen moments full of the thoughts, images and feelings that well-crafted poems evoke. thank you for keeping the admiration of this craft alive. i love your blog; it makes me feel like i am connected to something bigger than myself. <br />xo dshellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212243715862066794.post-63217694620752083162011-03-01T02:02:47.780-05:002011-03-01T02:02:47.780-05:00Edna St. Vincent Millays poems are lovely. I relis...Edna St. Vincent Millays poems are lovely. I relish every line and revel at the beauty of each story. Thank you for sharing, this is beautiful.abumelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08800288165979817651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212243715862066794.post-15422395824111172052011-02-28T07:51:26.602-05:002011-02-28T07:51:26.602-05:00I remember you sending me copies of her poems back...I remember you sending me copies of her poems back in the sixties. Wonderful.margaret blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04994723897446758457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212243715862066794.post-10381085010143975072011-02-26T12:21:55.896-05:002011-02-26T12:21:55.896-05:00Uncle George:
Don't forget the over page of o...Uncle George:<br /><br />Don't forget the over page of our wedding program. Take another look sometime. : )<br /><br />Love, JohnnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212243715862066794.post-87726009173180495512011-02-25T03:20:01.351-05:002011-02-25T03:20:01.351-05:00Have you read her letters?..edited by Allan Ross M...Have you read her letters?..edited by Allan Ross Macdougall...writing to Herbert C Lipscomb, Professor of Latin at Randolph-Macon College.."I have just finished learning by heart the beautiful "Si qua recordanti". I can't imagine why I've never learned it by heart before. I think it the most beautiful short poem in any language I know. The Iliad is the most beautiful long poem!"<br /><br />How I love the idea of learning by heart. The film "Bright Star" set me off on the learning poetry by heart trail..the joy of walking along with a poem for company!Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212243715862066794.post-44707003201975544122011-02-25T00:31:38.599-05:002011-02-25T00:31:38.599-05:00For a while now I've thought Cate Blanchett is...For a while now I've thought Cate Blanchett is the one to play Edna ...can see it so clearly...<br /><br />What a read was Nancy Milford's "Savage Beauty"..might pick it up again..<br /><br />Can remember memorising:<br /><br /> I know I am but summer to your heart,<br />And not the full four seasons of the year;<br />And you must welcome from another part<br />Such noble moods as are not mine, my dear.<br />No gracious weight of golden fruits to sell<br />Have I, nor any wise and wintry thing;<br />And I have loved you all too long and well<br />To carry still the high sweet breast of Spring.<br />Wherefore I say: O love, as summer goes,<br />I must be gone, steal forth with silent drums,<br />That you may hail anew the bird and rose<br />When I come back to you, as summer comes.<br />Else will you seek, at some not distant time,<br />Even your summer in another clime. <br /><br />"Memory of Cape Cod" was read at Jacqueline Kennedy's funeral..<br /><br />There's something about a book that's worn and loved!<br /><br />A delightful surprise George..this post...wonder what's next!Joannoreply@blogger.com