HE DESIRES THE IMPOSSIBLE br If it were possible the fierce sun should, br Standing in heaven unloved, companionless, br Enshrinèd be in some white--bosomed cloud, br And so forget his rage and loneliness; br If it were possible the bitter seas br Should suddenly grow sweet, till at their brink br Birds with bright eyes should stoop athirst and drink; br --If these were possible; and if to these br It should be proved that love has sometimes been br 'Twixt lambs and leopards, doves and hawks, that snow br Clasps the bare rocks, that rugged oaks grow green br In the west wind, that pinkest blossoms blow br Upon May's blackest thorn;--then, only then, br I might believe that love between us two br Was still in heaven's gift, sweet child.