| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | A Wish | | By Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) |
| | | MINE be a cot beside the hill; | |
| A bee-hive’s hum shall soothe my ear; | |
| A willowy brook, that turns a mill, | |
| With many a fall shall linger near. | |
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| The swallow oft beneath my thatch | 5 |
| Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; | |
| Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch | |
| And share my meal, a welcome guest. | |
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| Around my ivied porch shall spring | |
| Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew; | 10 |
| And Lucy at her wheel shall sing | |
| In russet gown and apron blue. | |
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| The village church among the trees, | |
| Where first our marriage vows were given, | |
| With merry peals shall swell the breeze | 15 |
| And point with taper spire to Heaven. | | | | |
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