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Renascence and Other Poems By Edna St. Vincent Millay All I could see from where I stoodWas three long mountains and a wood;I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay.So with my eyes I traced the lineOf the horizon, thin and fine, Straight around till I was comeBack to where I'd started from;And all I saw from where I stoodWas three long mountains and a wood.Over these things I could not see;These were the things that bounded me;And I could touch them with my hand, Almost, I thought, from where I stand.And all at once things seemed so smallMy breath came short, and scarce at all.But, sure, the sky is big, I said;Miles and miles above my head;So here upon my back I'll lieAnd look my fill into the sky.And so I looked, and, after all, The sky was not so very tall.The sky, I said, must somewhere stop, And-sure enough!-I see the top!The sky, I thought, is not so grand;I 'most could touch it with my hand!And reaching up my hand to try, I screamed to feel it touch the sky.I screamed, and-lo!-InfinityCame down and settled over me;Forced back my scream into my chest, Bent back my arm upon my breast, And, pressing of the UndefinedThe definition on my mind, Held up before my eyes a glassThrough which my shrinking sight did passUntil it seemed I must beholdImmensity made manifold;Whispered to me a word whose soundDeafened the air for worlds around, And brought unmuffled to my earsThe gossiping of friendly spheres, The creaking of the tented sky, The ticking of Eternity... We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching e
