下面是两首著名的小诗。桑德堡的短诗《雾》曾在各种媒体上广为传播,是美国家喻户晓的名作。而在米莱创作的许多优美的抒情诗中,被引用最频繁的是《第一颗无花果》。
	Fog  
	The fog comes  
	on little cat feet.  
	It sits looking  
	over harbor and city  
	on silent haunches  
	and then moves on.  
	——  Carl Sandburg  
	
  
	First Fig  
	My candle burns at both ends, 
	It will not last the night,  
	But ah my foes and oh my friends  
	It gives a lovely light. 
	——  Edna St. Vincent Millay   
	
	[注释]:
	harbor: a sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships 海港 
	haunch: the hip, buttock, and upper thigh in human beings and animals 腰 
	fig: any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Ficus, especially F. carica, native to the
	Mediterranean region and widely cultivated for its edible multiple fruit 无花果 
	candle: readily bent; pliant 柔软的