Recuerdo

Edna St. Vincent Millay

1892 to 1950

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And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry;
We hailed, "Good morrow, mother!" to a shawl-covered head,
We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon;
And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,
From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;
It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable—
And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
We were very tired, we were very merry—
We were very tired, we were very merry,
And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read;
But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,
And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.
We were very tired, we were very merry—
And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
And she wept, "God bless you!" for the apples and pears,