Poem Edna Saint Vincent Millay

Afternoon On A Hill

1917.

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