"Assault" by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
From Millay, Edna St. Vincent. Second April New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921. p. 32.
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ASSAULT
I
I HAD forgotten how the frogs must sound
After a year of silence, else I think
I should not so have ventured forth alone
At dusk upon this unfrequented road.
II
I am waylaid by Beauty. Who will walk
Between me and the crying of the frogs ?
Oh, savage Beauty, suffer me to pass,
That am a timid woman, on her way
From one house to another!
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