Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAXIMS FOR THE OLD HOUSE: THE KEEPING-ROOM, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH Poet's Biography First Line: The thorn that by the wayside grows Last Line: "a hundred years have I been dead." Subject(s): Houses | ||||||||
I The thorn that by the wayside grows Comforts the pilgrim with a rose. Do thou, like him, to charm thy gloom Perceive the sweetness of this room. II If thou perchance shouldst see a face Smile at thee from an empty space, Or feel some presence, do not fear, Those ghosts are kind that loiter here. III I met a stranger in this room, He moved about and seemed at home. "Good sir," said I, "what dost thou here?" He turned a pleasant face and said, "A hundred years have I been dead." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO-RIVER LEDGER by KHALED MATTAWA SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 3 by CONRAD AIKEN FOR THE REBUILDING OF A HOUSE by WENDELL BERRY JERONIMO'S HOUSE by ELIZABETH BISHOP MENDING THE ADOBE by HAYDEN CARRUTH MY HUT; AFTER TRAN QUANG KHAI by HAYDEN CARRUTH SONGS FOR MY MOTHER: 2. HER HANDS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |
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