If hope grew on a bush, <br />And joy grew on a tree, <br />What a nosegay for the plucking <br />There would be! <br />But oh! in windy autumn, <br />When frail flowers wither, <br />What should we do for hope and joy, <br />Fading together?<br /><br />Christina Georgina Rossetti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-hope-grew-on-a-bush/
