A Celebration of Women Writers

"Second Fig" by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
From Millay, Edna St. Vincent. A Few Figs From Thistles   New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. p. 9.

SECOND FIG

SAFE upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
  Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!

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