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SONG FOR A LITTLE HOUSE by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: I'M GLAD OUR HOUSE IS A LITTLE HOUSE
Last Line: ARE PAYING DUTY CALLS.
Subject(s): HOUSES;
I'M glad our house is a little house,
Not too tall nor too wide:
I'm glad the hovering butterflies
Feel free to come inside.

Our little house is a friendly house.
It is not shy or vain;
It gossips with the talking trees,
And makes friends with the rain.

And quick leaves cast a shimmer of green
Against our whited walls,
And in the phlox, the courteous bees
Are paying duty calls.



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