Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFTERNOON ON A HILL, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY


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First Line: I will be the gladdest thing
Last Line: And then start down!
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


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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