A sonnet from the 'Fair Youth' series that was occupied with themes of aging, passing time and the transience of physical beauty.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay – “When You, That at This Moment Are to Me”
This sonnet by American poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay is addressed to a lover and to the latent sense of impermanence and loss built in to all moments when one becomes conscious of great love or great happiness.