Episode 3: "Tavern" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
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English - November 22, 2021 00:00 - 52 seconds - 1.21 MB - ★★★★ - 1 ratingBooks Arts poetry literature spoken word darris books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Poem:
I'll keep a little tavern
Below the high hill's crest,
Wherein all grey-eyed people
May set them down and rest.
There shall be plates a-plenty,
And mugs to melt the chill
Of all the grey-eyed people
Who happen up the hill.
There sound will sleep the traveller,
And dream his journey's end,
But I will rouse at midnight
The falling fire to tend.
Aye, 'tis a curious fancy—
But all the good I know
Was taught me out of two grey eyes
A long time ago.