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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LITTLE HILL, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, here the air is sweet and still Last Line: I think I am its mother! Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Subject(s): Gethsemane; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | |||
OH, here the air is sweet and still, And soft's the grass to lie on; And far away's the little hill They took for Christ to die on. And there's a hill across the brook, And down the brook's another; But, oh, the little hill they took, -- I think I am its mother! The moon that saw Gethsemane, I watch it rise and set; It has so many things to see, They help it to forget. But little hills that sit at home So many hundred years, Remember Greece, remember Rome, Remember Mary's tears. And far away in Palestine, Sadder than any other, Grieves still the hill that I call mine, -- I think I am its mother! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH AFTERNOON ON A HILL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY |
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