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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DESERTED HOUSE, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography
First Line: The road, that singing gypsy
Last Line: Whisper at the door!
Subject(s): Houses, Deserted
First Line: The road, that singing gypsy
Last Line: Whisper at the door!
Subject(s): Houses, Deserted
THE road, that singing gypsy
At the door,
Robbed this poor house
And left it here one day—
Robbed it of Love and Life
And went away
And brought his booty back,
Ah, nevermore!
They had their way, those wantons,
Wind and Rain!
They held their carnivals,
Their revels there—
Its dead eyes search
The empty dark and stare...
But Love and Life
Come never back again!
Upon it Time, the vulture,
Feasted long...
Here by the road its shell,
Stripped bare and stark,
Calls out, calls out
To all the passers, "Hark!
Beware, beware
The thieving gypsy's song!"
"Who hear the road and follow,
Come no more!"
The ancient lilacs
Whisper at the door!
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