Edna St. Vincent Millay:
(Rockland (Maine), 22 February 1892 – Austerlitz, New York, 19 October 1950).
American poet, playwright and activist. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. She received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1923, making her the third woman to be awarded the prize.
April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
April this year, not otherwise than April of a year ago, is full of whispers, full of sighs, dazzling mud, and dingy snow. Hepaticas that pleased you so are here again, and butterflies.
