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Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay


The Unexplorer


There was a road ran past our house
Too lovely to explore.
I asked my mother once -- she said
That if you followed where it led
It brought you to the milk-man’s door.
(That’s why I have not travelled more.)



Edna St. Vincent Millay


Edna St. Vincent Millay's other poems:
  1. Siege
  2. Sometimes When I Am Wearied
  3. The Wagon Stopped before the House
  4. The Cairn
  5. I See So Clearly Now My Similar Years


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