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Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnet XXXIV: With the Same Heart
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With the same heart, I said, I`ll answer thee 
As those, when thou shalt call me by my name— 
Lo, the vain promise! is the same, the same, 
Perplexed and ruffled by life`s strategy? 
When called before, I told how hastily 
I dropped my flowers or brake off from a game, 
To run and answer with the smile that came 
At play last moment, and went on with me 
Through my obedience. When I answer now, 
I drop a grave thought, break from solitude; 
Yet still my heart goes to thee—ponder how— 
Not as to a single good, but all my good! 
Lay thy hand on it, best one, and allow 
That no child`s foot could run as fast as this blood.
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