Side by side,
Leaving door and windows wide:
Careless tenants they!


2

All within is dark as night:
In the windows is no light;
And no murmur at the door,
So frequent on its hinge before.


3

Close the door, the shutters close,
Or thro' [1] the windows we shall see
The nakedness and vacancy
Of the dark deserted house.


4

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.


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