#MIDDLEBURY
The Unexplorer
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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 traveled more.)
About this poem
“The Unexplorer” was published in “A Few Figs From Thistles” (Harper & Brothers, 1922).
About Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine, on Feb. 22, 1892. Her collections of poetry include “Second April” (Harper & Brothers, 1921) and “The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver” (F. Shay, 1923), which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. She died in 1950.
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This poem is in the public domain. Originally published in Poem-a-Day, www.poets.org. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
