God's World - A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay


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Edna St. Vincent Millay - God's World

O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
   Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!
   Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with colour! That gaunt crag
To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!
World, World, I cannot get thee close enough!

Long have I known a glory in it all,
          But never knew I this;
          Here such a passion is
As stretcheth me apart,—Lord, I do fear
Thou'st made the world too beautiful this year;
My soul is all but out of me,—let fall
No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.

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Poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay (Edna St. Vincent Millay Art) Poem: God's World Volume: Renascence and Other Poems Year: Published/Written in 1917 Comment 3 of 3, added on February 10th, 2008 at 3:36 PM. i love this poem i could feel what you were saying about the world and i love the way you but all the personification and ryming in it...GREAT JOB!! Paige Wallace from United States Comment 2 of 3, added on October 6th, 2005 at 9:25 PM. gaunt means lean, haggard OR grim or desolate and crag means steep or rugged rock gabrielle from Canada Comment 1 of 3, added on October 1st, 2005 at 8:25 PM. i have a question that involves the poem God's World. why is the 4 lines indented compared to the rest of the poem? What does gaunt crag mean? Diana from Canada More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, God's World, has received 3 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay Poem: God's World Volume: Renascence and Other Poems Year: Published/Written in 1917 Last read: Dec 5 2009, 3:28PM Viewed 6398 times. Added on October 1st, 2005 at 8:25 PM.

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