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David Shifrin
David Shifrin
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Susannah Woodruff
Susannah Woodruff
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Yevgeny Yontov
Yevgeny Yontov
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Jake Heggie
Jake Heggie
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Lucy Miller Murray
Lucy Miller Murray
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Paul Moravec
Paul Moravec
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Adam Abeshouse
Adam Abeshouse
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Lyrics

Would that I were, no I must not be Edna St. Vincent Millay
Would that I were, no I must not be Edna St. Vincent Millay
For sonnets do not suit me
Nor ancient words like thee and thine
Yet, I long to speak of love
In all her ardent ways
To claim justice for the damned
Right the wronged, and sleep freely
With those who meet my fancy.
No, I dare not be Edna St. Vincent Millay
No, I dare not be but would that I were
Edna, Edna, Edna St. Vincent Millay
And live alone without man or child
Yet use them as subjects for my verses.
To question April’s purpose
And take my knights to bed.
No, I dare not be
She who speaks so easily of Tristan and Iseult
And Helen born of Leda and the mighty Swan;
No, No, No, I must not be, would that I were
No shudder in the loins would frighten her
As it would me who dares not be
Edna, Edna, Edna, Edna, Edna, Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Written by: Jake Heggie, Lucy Miller Murray

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