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THE DESERTED HOUSE.
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Close the door, the shutters close,
Or through the windows we shall see
The nakedness and vacancy
Of the dark deserted house.
Or through the windows we shall see
The nakedness and vacancy
Of the dark deserted house.
Come away: no more of mirth
Is here or merrymaking sound.
The house was builded of the earth,
And shall fall again to ground.
Is here or merrymaking sound.
The house was builded of the earth,
And shall fall again to ground.
Come away: for Life and Thought
Here no longer dwell;
But in a city glorious—
A great and distant city—have bought
A mansion incorruptible.
Would they could have stayed with us!
Here no longer dwell;
But in a city glorious—
A great and distant city—have bought
A mansion incorruptible.
Would they could have stayed with us!
