HAD I the power that have the will, br The enfeebled will - a modern curse - br This book of mine should blossom still br A perfect garden-ground of verse. br br White placid marble gods should keep br Good watch in every shadowy lawn; br And from clean, easy-breathing sleep br The birds should waken me at dawn. br br - A fairy garden; - none the less br Throughout these gracious paths of mine br All day there should be free access br For stricken hearts and lives that pine; br br And by the folded lawns all day - br No idle gods for such a land - br All active Love should take its way br With active Labour hand in hand.