Nature

Afternoon on a Hill

by Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892–1950

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.

MLA

Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Afternoon on a Hill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/2/.

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