Monna Innominata (I wish I could remember) by Christina Rossetti

Monna Innominata [I wish I could remember]
by Christina Rossetti
I wish I could remember that first day, First hour, first moment of your meeting me, If bright or dim the season, it might be Summer or Winter for aught I can say; So unrecorded did it slip away, So blind was I to see and to foresee, So dull to mark the budding of my tree That would not blossom for many a  May. If only I could recollect it, such A day of days! I let it come and go As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow; It seemed to mean so little, meant so  much; If only now I could recall that touch, First touch of hand in hand—Did one but know!

She wrote some fine love poetry. I've included a link to read more about her and some of her other poems. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/716