Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THIS HOUSE OF MINE, by MINNIE ROWAN GOODRICH


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THIS HOUSE OF MINE, by                    
First Line: I live within a house of clay
Last Line: To my eternal home.
Subject(s): Home


I live within a house of clay
Which soon must crumble and decay;
But O, my house is passing fair,
And how I do love living there!
No structure e'er conceived by man,
Built since this grand old world began,
Can with my house compare!

Mine? 'Tis just a loan, this house o'er which I yearn!
From dust it came and to dust it must return.
Just as a shell, emptied of its hidden heart
Falls worthless, having done its part;
So this house of mine must crumble and decay
When I -- the real I -- shall take my way
To my eternal home.





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