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Afternoon on a Hill by Edna St. Vincent Millay

10/13/2008 1:19:59 PM

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Edna St. Vincent Millay
(1892 - 1950)

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Afternoon on a Hill

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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gone gone (4/14/2007 10:27:00 PM)
simply lovely....a treasured day

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