Afternoon on a Hill

Serpent Gourd Flower   Source: Wikipedia

Afternoon on a Hill

By Edna St. Vincent Millay

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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