¶ Millay: Edna St. Vincent Millay
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How now, my insulated friend
What calm composure can defend
Your rock; when tides you’ve never seen
Wash out the spans of what has been
And from your island’s tallest tree
You watch advance what is to be.
The tidal wave devours the shore
There are no Islands any more.
