Could I But Will (Song)

(Verses 1, 3, Key Major; Verse 2, Key Minor)     Could I but will,     Will to my bent,     I'd have afar ones near me still,     And music of rare ravishment,     In strains that move the toes and heels!     And when the sweethearts sat for rest     The unbetrothed should foot with zest     Ecstatic reels.     Could I be head,     Head-god, "Come, now,     Dear girl," I'd say, "whose flame is fled,     Who liest with linen-banded brow,     Stirred but by shakes from Earth's deep core "     I'd say to her: "Unshroud and meet     That Love who kissed and called thee Sweet! -     Yea, come once more!"     Even half-god power     In spinning dooms     Had I, this frozen scene should flower,     And sand-swept plains and Arctic glooms     Should green them gay with waving leaves,     Mid which old friends and I would walk     With weightless feet and magic talk     Uncounted eves.