Dirge

by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Dirge was published in Millay's poetry collection, Second April (1921).

An illustration for the story Dirge by the author Edna St. Vincent Millay

     Boys and girls that held her dear,
       Do your weeping now;
     All you loved of her lies here.

     Brought to earth the arrogant brow,
       And the withering tongue
     Chastened; do your weeping now.

     Sing whatever songs are sung,
       Wind whatever wreath,
     For a playmate perished young,

     For a spirit spent in death.
     Boys and girls that held her dear,
     All you loved of her lies here.