IF some fragrant lawn be found, By dews of heaven blest, Where are seen the whole year round Flowers in beauty dressed; Where rose, pink, and lilies rare, All in rich profusion are-- I would make a pathway there For your foot to rest. If there be that well can love Some devoted breast, Which all virtue doth approve, All things base detest; If that bosom always beat To perform heroic feat-- There I find a pillow meet For your brow to rest. If a dream of love there be By all sweets possest, Where each fleeting hour we see Whatsoe'er is best-- Dream, God-hallowed, bright and kind, Where the soul to soul is joined-- There a shelter would I find For your heart to rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO HIS COY MISTRESS by ANDREW MARVELL A DOUBTING HEART by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER SUPER FLUMINA BABYLONIS by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE BROOK: SUMMER by LAURA ABELL THE FORSAKEN by C. HAMILTON AIDE PSALM 7. DOMINE DEUS MEUS by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |