greykit.poetry — #defiance

• 1920 [edna-st-vincent-millay] First Fig
  A Few Figs from Thistles

  My candle burns at both ends — four lines that concede the night is short and refuse to care, because of the light.

  #epigram#defiance#1920s
• 1920 [edna-st-vincent-millay] Second Fig
  A Few Figs from Thistles

  Two lines setting the ugly house safe upon its rock against the shining palace built upon the sand — and preferring the sand.

  #epigram#defiance#1920s
• 1816 [lord-byron] Prometheus
  The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems

  The Titan's crime was pity, his punishment silence — and Byron makes that silence the whole lesson: a firm will and a deep sense that can make even death a victory.

  #ode#defiance#myth#1810s