Pastoral
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892 to 1950
Track 1
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Where the tall mullein
Oh, stony pasture,
On its little seed!
Upon the hilly rock!
Or the shaken bell
Stands up so sturdy
Crops the spiky weed!
Licks the purple blossom,
From an old tree
Of wizened apples falling
If it were only still!—
In a forgotten orchard
Oh, grey hill,
Or the soft shock
Where the grazing herd
With far away the shrill
Moving through the bushes;
From a cow's throat
Crying of a cock;
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