A Baby Running Barefoot by D.H. Lawrence

WHEN the bare feet of the baby beat across the grass

The little white feet nod like white flowers in the

wind,

They poise and run like ripples lapping across the

water;

And the sight of their white play among the grass

Is like a little robin's song, winsome,

Or as two white butterflies settle in the cup of one

flower

For a moment, then away with a flutter of wings.

I long for the baby to wander hither to me

Like a wind-shadow wandering over the water,

So that she can stand on my knee

With her little bare feet in my hands,

Cool like syringa buds,

Firm and silken like pink young peony flowers.