Prayer to Persephone Manuscript Poem, Signed
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c1918. Holograph poem, signed, 1p., recto only, rough torn on the left edge likely extracted from a book , offsetting and staining, lightly browned, 4 ¾ x 7 ¾ . Signed at bottom Edna St. Vincent Millay. Item #1278 Written in memory of Dorothy Coleman, Millay's close friend at Vassar who died in 1918 during the influenza pandemic. The poem addresses the Greek goddess Persephone, asking her to comfort Coleman's spirit, likened to a lonely
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