O Wind, Where Have You Been?

 

O wind, where have you been,

That you blow so sweet?

Among the violets

Which blossom at your feet.

New Jersey Common Meadow Violet
Photograph 

The honeysuckle waits

For Summer and for heat.

But violets in the chilly Spring

Make the turf so sweet.

"O Wind, Where Have You Been?"
Christina Rossetti
(1830-1894)
English poetess