I found this fair-condition 1939 hardcover at the Goodwill thrift shop in Hudson NH. I've enjoyed some of Millay's poems but hadn't seen many of the ones in this book. (She was born in Rockland, Maine, something I didn't know when I visited there on a lobster-roll run!)

Her sonnets and other poems touch on many topics. Among my favorites here:

"Thanksgiving Dinner," describing the frozen garden and the change from fresh produce to "woody fibres of the overgrown Kohl-rabi...", while also describing a loving relationship.

"The Rabbit" is about a hawk's strike on a grazing rabbit, lyrical and violent.

"Pretty Love, I Must Outlive You," which is in iambic tetrameter - think "Song of Hiawatha" - and which feels like a light-hearted yet somewhat haunted look at the future with a much younger beloved.

"Huntsman, What Quarry?" is more of an old-ballad-type poem, a hunter chasing a fox meets a lovely young maid on the way, who quizzes him about his quarry and tempts him to stay with her instead - but he sights the fox and dashes away...

I left this book on the book-swap shelf in the post office lobby this afternoon; hope someone enjoys it!

[See other recent releases in MA here.]

*** Released for the 2017 E-less release challenge. ***