by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
Afternoon on a hill Matches original text
Language: English
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Lynn Steele (1951 - 2002), "Afternoon on a hill" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Seven Songs of Edna St. Vincent Millay, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), appears in Renascence and Other Poems, first published 1917
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 62