XVI
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Hector in the Garden
Oh, the birds, the tree, the ruddy
And white blossoms, sleek with rain!
Oh, my garden, rich with pansies!
Oh, my childhood's bright romances!
All revive, like Hector's body,
And I see them stir again!