Behind the House is the Millet Plot by Muna Lee. Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. 1922. The Second Book of Modern Verse

Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.

Behind the House is the Millet Plot

Muna Lee


BEHIND the house is the millet plot,
And past the millet, the stile;
And then a hill where melilot
Grows with wild camomile.

There was a youth who bade me goodby	5
Where the hill rises to meet the sky.
I think my heart broke; but I have forgot
All but the smell of the white melilot.