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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MELILOT, by MUNA LEE Poet's Biography
First Line: Behind the house is the millet plot
Last Line: All but the smell of the white melilot.
Alternate Author Name(s): Munoz Matin, Luis, Mrs.; Munoz Matin, Muna Lee
Subject(s): Love; Love - Loss Of; Plants; Planting; Planters
First Line: Behind the house is the millet plot
Last Line: All but the smell of the white melilot.
Alternate Author Name(s): Munoz Matin, Luis, Mrs.; Munoz Matin, Muna Lee
Subject(s): Love; Love - Loss Of; Plants; Planting; Planters
Behind the house is the millet plot,
And past the millet, the stile;
And then a hill where melilot
Grows with wild chamomile.
There was a youth who bade me goodby
Where the hill rises to meet the sky.
I think my heart broke; but I have forgot
All but the smell of the white melilot.
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