JOHN KEATS

Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight,

With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white,

And taper fingers catching at all things,

To bind them all about with tiny rings.

Linger a while upon some bending planks

That lean against a streamlet’s [rushy banks],

And watch intently Nature’s gentle doings;

They will be found softer than [ringdove’s cooings].

How silent comes the water round that bend!