IN a soft-complexioned sky, <br />Fleeting rose and kindling grey, <br />Have you seen Aurora fly <br />At the break of day? <br />So my maiden, so my plighted may <br />Blushing cheek and gleaming eye <br />Lifts to look my way. <br />Where the inmost leaf is stirred <br />With the heart-beat of the grove, <br />Have you heard a hidden bird <br />Cast her note above? <br />So my lady, so my lovely love, <br />Echoing Cupid's prompted word, <br />Makes a tune thereof. <br />Have you seen, at heaven's mid-height, <br />In the moon-rack's ebb and tide, <br />Venus leap forth burning white, <br />Dian pale and hide? <br />So my bright breast-jewel, so my bride, <br />One sweet night, when fear takes flight, <br />Shall leap against my side.<br /><br />Dante Gabriel Rossetti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/plighted-promise/
