"Pity me not," by Vincent Millay, is a sonnet about a lost love. The speaker attempts to reconcile herself with the idea that love, like everything else in the world, ultimately passes away in this brief, melancholy poetry. The poem was published in 1923 as part of Millay's sonnet sequence, which he began in 1920. The phrase "pity me not" appears in the Bible (Psalms 38:11), and is often used by poets today in reference to someone who has suffered a loss. It can also be found in other works of literature including Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Byron's Don Juan. Millay used this phrase because it sounds like "pity me". In fact, it comes from a Latin word meaning "to suffer pain", or "to feel sorrow for". The poet was trying to tell himself that even though his love had left him, it had not abandoned him completely. It still felt pain when he thought about what had happened and refused to give up on love. This poem is one of many written by Vincent Millay about his love life. He was a famous American poet who was known for his sad poems, which often included references to lost loves. Although he was married, divorced, and then married again, he never stopped writing about his first love affair, which began when he was only 18 years old. This poem seems to suggest that their love was innocent and pure, something that Millay wanted to keep forever.