IF MY VERSES HAD WINGS LIKE A BIRD.
AFTER VICTOR HUGO.
If my verses had wings like a bird,
To thy garden of perfume and light
They would flutter with timid delight,
If my verses had wings like a bird.
If my verses, like fairies, had wings,
To thy fireside at eve they would fly,
To sparkle and gleam in thine eye,
If my verses, like fairies, had wings.
Pure pinions around and above,
All day would rustle and gleam,
They would whisper at night to thy dream,
If my verses were wingèd like Love.