Uploaded on May 2, 2012
She slept beneath a tree
Remembered but by me.
I touched her cradle mute;
She recognized the foot,
Put on her carmine suit, —
And see!
05.02.2024: The name of this poem’s author got lost somewhere along the line. If I had to hazard a guess, though, I’d go with Christina Rosetti. Wait. I found it, and I should have gone with my second guess: Emily Dickinson.