The Mind
The Unexplorer
From Poems (Secker, 1923): Section Two
The Mind
There was a road ran past our house
Too lovely to explore.
I asked my mother once--she said
That if you followed where it led
It brought you to the milk-man’s door.
(That’s why I have not travelled more.)
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “The Unexplorer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/30/.
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “The Unexplorer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/30/.
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