Nature
Afternoon on a Hill
From Poems (Secker, 1923): Section One
Nature
I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.
And when lights begin to show
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down.
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MLA
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Afternoon on a Hill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/2/.
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Afternoon on a Hill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/2/.
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