Edna St. Vincent Millay

City Trees

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.