The Deserted House - Tennyson

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Life and Thought have gone away 
Side by side, 
Leaving door and windows wide: 
Careless tenants they! 

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

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

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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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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!