. <br /> <br /> This is a spray the Bird clung to, <br /> Making it blossom with pleasure, <br /> Ere the high tree-top she sprang to, <br /> Fit for her nest and her treasure. <br /> Oh, what a hope beyond measure <br />Was the poor spray's, which the flying feet hung to,--- <br />So to be singled out, built in, and sung to! <br /> <br /> II. <br /> <br /> This is a heart the Queen leant on, <br /> Thrilled in a minute erratic, <br /> Ere the true bosom she bent on, <br /> Meet for love's regal dalmatic. <br /> Oh, what a fancy ecstatic <br />Was the poor heart's, ere the wanderer went on--- <br />Love to be saved for it, proffered to, spent on! <br /> <br />* 1 A vestment used by ecclesiastics, and formerly <br />* by senators and persons of high rank.<br /><br />Robert Browning<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/misconceptions/
