THE DESERTED HOUSE. 113 THE DESERTED HOUSE. LIFE and Thought have gone away Leaving door and windows wide: All within is dark as night: Close the door, the shutters close, Or through the windows we shall see Of the dark deserted house. Come away: no more of mirth Is here, or merry-making sound. Come away: for life and thought But in a city glorious A great and distant city-have bought Would they could have stayed with us! A. Tennyson. 8 Modern Poets. |