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First Line: Houses are interesting!
Last Line: Houses are interesting!
Subject(s): Home; Hospitality; Houses


Houses are interesting!
There is something about a new house
Appeals to your mind.
It is so trim and snug, as though to say
"Behold my virtues!
Within my walls, all is fresh innocence;
I am undefiled!
Neither muddied floors nor scratched wood-work
Mar my integrity.
I am history unwritten. All modern invention
Aids my sophistry."

There is something about an old house
Appeals to your heart.
It is so careless of its beauties, so wise;
It has lived!
It has a graciousness of hospitality,
A marred benevolence.
Its ancient creaks have many tales to tell of those who tended it
In its growing.
All knowledge and understanding, belief and love
Make its simplicity!
Houses are interesting!





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