English poem
Assignation
by John Bowring (1792–1872)
Maiden! let us share each other’s kisses! Tell me, tell me, where shall be our meeting, In thy garden, or in mine, sweet maiden? Under thine, or under my green rose-tree; Thou shalt be a rose, my gentle angel: I to a fond butterfly will change me, Everlastingly o’er thee to flutter— On thy flowers untired I will suspend me, Living blest upon mine own love’s kisses.