Edna St. Vincent Millay

“I think my feelings right now could be summarized from a quote from the made for TV movie: The House Without a Christmas Tree…” (“Mary Catherine Gallagher Christmas”). Just as Mary Katherine Gallagher, a character from the popular television show Saturday Night Live, has mastered expressing her feelings through words, so has the famous poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay. Her expert skill over the words of the English language was far superior to most others’. …

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