Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE NEW HOUSE, by FANNIE STEARNS DAVIS GIFFORD


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First Line: My little house is very young
Last Line: And not be dark, some day!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Fannie Stearns
Subject(s): Houses


MY little House is very young:
No shadow makes it grave.
With blue-bird-chintz and roses hung
Its chamber windows wave.

Here never blind-eyed Grief has knocked
And entered groping in.
The doors, that seem so free, are locked
As yet to Death and Sin.

Here only happy wondering dreams
Walk nightly to and fro.
They are the friends of white moon-beams,
And simple as the snow.

My little House is very young
And very unaware
That dreams are wrought and songs are sung
In any subtler air.

Oh might I keep its blue-birds bright,
Its hearth still warm and gay!
Oh might my House but know delight,
And not be dark, some day!





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