I
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of To Emilia Viviani
Madonna, wherefore hast thou sent to me
Sweet-basil and mignonette?
Embleming love and health, which never yet
In the same wreath might be.
Alas, and they are wet!
Is it with thy kisses or thy tears?
For never rain or dew
Such fragrance drew
From plant or flower—the very doubt endears
My sadness ever new.
The sighs I breathe, the tears I shed for thee.