If a pleasant lawn there grow <br />By the showers caressed, <br />Where in all the seasons blow <br />Flowers gaily dressed, <br />Where by handfuls one may win <br />Lilies, woodbine, jessamine, <br />I will make a path therein <br />For thy feet to rest. <br /> <br />If there live in honour's sway <br />An all-loving breast <br />Whose devotion cannot stray, <br />Never gloom-oppressed - <br />If this noble breast still wake <br />For a worthy motive's sake, <br />There a pillow I will make <br />For thy head to rest. <br /> <br />If there be a dream of love, <br />Dream that God has blest, <br />Yielding daily treasure-trove <br />Of delightful zest, <br />With the scent of roses filled, <br />With the soul's communion thrilled, <br />There, oh! there a nest I'll build <br />For thy heart to rest.<br /><br />Robert Fuller Murray<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-new-song-to-an-old-tune-from-victor-hugo/
