Had I the Power that have the Will

HAD I the power that have the will,

The enfeebled will — a modern curse —

This book of mine should blossom still

A perfect garden-ground of verse.

White placid¹ marble gods should keep

Good watch in every shadowy lawn;

And from clean, easy-breathing sleep

The birds should waken me at dawn.

— A fairy garden; — none the less

Throughout these gracious paths of mine

All day there should be free access

For stricken hearts and lives that pine;

And by the folded lawns all day —

No idle gods for such a land —

All active Love should take its way

With active Labour hand in hand.

1 placid   

adj.安静的，平和的

参考例句：

• He had been leading a placid life for the past eight years.八年来他一直过着平静的生活。
• You should be in a placid mood and have a heart-to- heart talk with her.你应该心平气和的好好和她谈谈心。