Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Daphne

Why do you follow me?--
Any moment I can be
Nothing but a laurel-tree.

Any moment of the chase
I can leave you in my place
A pink bough for your embrace.

Yet if over hill and hollow
Still it is your will to follow,
I am off;--to heel, Apollo!

Edna St. Vincent Millay


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love her.

Corby said...

the feeling is mutual, how can you not?

-Corby