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...THE WITCH by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE THE GAMBOLS OF CHILDREN by GEORGE DARLEY THAT NATURE IS A HERACLITEAN FIRE & OF THE COMFORT OF THE RESURRECTION by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS SATIRE: 4 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS TO M. I. by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS |