StoryTitle("caps", "A Wish") ?>
Wish" (by Samuel Rogers, 1763-1855) and "Lucy"
(by Wordsworth, 1770-1850) are two gems that can be valued only for the
spirit of quiet and modesty diffused by them.
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Mine be a cot beside the hill;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A willowy brook that turns a mill", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "With many a fall shall linger near.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Shall twitter from her clay-built nest;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And share my meal, a welcome guest.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Around my ivied porch shall spring", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "In russet gown and apron blue.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The village church among the trees,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Where first our marriage-vows were given,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "With merry peals shall swell the breeze", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And point with taper spire to Heaven.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("100", SmallCapsText("S. Rogers.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>