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Life and
Thought have gone away
Side by side,
Leaving door
and windows wide.
Careless tenants they!
All
within is dark as night:
In the windows is no light;
And no murmur at the door,
So frequent on its hinge
before.
Close the door; the shutters close;
Or
through the windows we shall see
The nakedness and
vacancy
Of the dark deserted house.
Come away:
no more of mirth
Is here or merry-making sound.
The house was builded of the earth,
And shall fall
again to ground.
Come away: for Life and Thought
Here no longer dwell;
But in a city glorious -
A
great and distant city -have bought
A mansion
incorruptible.
Would they could have stayed with us!
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