Had I the power that have the will, The enfeebled will''"a modern curse''" This book of mine should blossom still A perfect garden-ground of verse. White placid marble gods should keep Good watch in every shadowy lawn; And from clean, easy-breathing sleep The birds should waken me at dawn. ''"A fairy garden;''"none the less Throughout these gracious paths of mine All day there should be free access For stricken hearts and lives that pine; And by the folded lawns all day''" No idle gods for such a land''" All active Love should take its way With active Labour hand in hand. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE EMIGRATION TO AMERICA AND PEOPLING WESTERN COUNTRY by PHILIP FRENEAU MEXICAN FUNERAL PROCESSION by BEULAH VICK BICKLEY THE 'MOSES' OF MICHAEL ANGELO by ROBERT BROWNING DON JUAN: CANTO 17 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON NE PLUS ULTRA by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A FRIEND'S PLEADING WORDS TO ANOTHER by SANDOR CSOORI |