LINES WRITTEN FOR D. E.
IN A COPY OF
“THE CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES”
You that have fenced about my storm-swept ways
With a green hedge-row of your hard-won bays
And set the flints with flowers such as start
Deep in the dear Child’s Garden of your heart—
Take this small gift from her to whom ’tis life
To be your Dearest Debtor and your Wife.