Second Fig
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
Millay sets two ways of living side by side. Safe, sensible houses stand on solid rock, but she calls them ugly. Then she invites us to admire her “shining palace” built on sand.
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