Inland
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892 to 1950
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People that build their houses inland,
People that buy plot of ground
Shaped like a house, and build house there,
Far from the sea-board, far from the
Of water sucking the hollow ledges,
Tons of water the shore,—
What do they long for, as long for
One salt smell of the sea once more?
People the waves have not awakened,
Spanking the boats the harbour’s head,
What do they long for, as long for,—
Starting up in my inland bed,
the narrow walls, and finding
Neither a window nor door,
Screaming to God for death by drowning,—
salt taste of the sea once more?
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