For trouble comes to all of us: the rat Has courage, in adversity, to fight; But what a shining animal is man, Who knows, when pain subsides, that is not that, For worse than that must follow"yet can write Music; can laugh; play tennis; even plan. Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Sonnet 171" (courtesy of Linda Long) Continue reading Almanac: Edna St. Vincent Millay on suffering at About Last Night.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM on June 8, 2020