City Trees
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
City Trees was published in Millay's poetry collection, Second April (1921).
The trees along this city street, Save for the traffic and the trains, Would make a sound as thin and sweet As trees in country lanes. And people standing in their shade Out of a shower, undoubtedly Would hear such music as is made Upon a country tree. Oh, little leaves that are so dumb Against the shrieking city air, I watch you when the wind has come,— I know what sound is there.
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You may also enjoy Trees by Joyce Kilmer and Robert Frost's The Sound of Trees.
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