Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DAPHNE, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY


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First Line: Why do you follow me?
Last Line: I am off; -- to heel, apollo!
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Daphne (mythology)


Why do you follow me? --
Any moment I can be
Nothing but a laurel-tree.

Any moment of the chase
I can leave you in my place
A pink bough for your embrace.

Yet if over the hill and hollow
Still it is your will to follow,
I am off; -- to heel, Apollo!





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