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ASSAULT by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

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First Line: I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW THE FROGS MUST SOUND
Last Line: FROM ONE HOUSE TO ANOTHER!
Subject(s): ANIMALS; BEAUTY; FROGS;
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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