Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. V. Browning to Rupert Brooke
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (18611907)Friendswith a Difference
O,
And one to understand,
And one to soar above me,
And one to clasp my hand,
And one to bid me strive,
But seven’s the sacred number
That keeps the soul alive.
And all the world and more,
Is she I need in Heaven
And may not need before.