Lilacs

I sent you a lilac           
in a dream           
I had this afternoon,         
         
They're pretty simple,           
and simply pretty         
in a garden           
or in the woods,           
         
Their embracing twigs           
and hearts of leaf         
sweeps air       
of an indigo bloom,         
   
The lilac — it is  
the kiss of sweet  
that wakes the earth’s perfume,     
beautiful to eternity,       
   
I sent you a lilac  
in a dream           
I had this afternoon.