Nature
Eel-Grass
From Poems (Secker, 1923): Section Three
Nature
No matter what I say,
All that I really love
Is the rain that flattens on the bay,
And the eel-grass in the cove;
The jingle-shells that lie and bleach
At the tide-line, and the trace
Of higher tides along the beach:
Nothing in this place.
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MLA
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Eel-Grass.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/45/.
Chicago
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Eel-Grass.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/45/.
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