XXIX + 

I think of thee!⁠—my thoughts do twine and bud + 

About thee, as wild vines about a tree + 

Put out broad leaves, and soon there’s nought to see + 

Except the straggling green which hides the wood. + 

Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood + 

I will not have my thoughts instead of thee + 

Who art dearer, better! Rather, instantly + 

Renew thy presence; as a strong tree should, + 

Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare, + 

And let these bands of greenery which insphere thee + 

Drop heavily down⁠—burst, shattered, everywhere! + 

Because, in this deep joy to see and hear thee + 

And breathe within thy shadow a new air, + 

I do not think of thee⁠—I am too near thee. + 