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Edna St. Vincent Millay

American poet.

Born February 22nd, 1892 in Rockland. [ref]

Died October 19th, 1950 at 58 years old in New York (fall). [ref]

Occupations
librettist, playwright, poet, translator, writer

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche