5. Afternoon on a Hill. Millay, Edna St. Vincent. 1917. Renascence and Other Poems

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950). Renascence and Other Poems. 1917.

5. 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	5
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.

And when lights begin to show
Up from the town,	10
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down!