In Memoriam A. H. H.: 7. Dark house, by which once more I s by Lord Alfred Tennyson: Full Text of the Poem

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 7. Dark house, by which once more I s

by Lord Alfred Tennyson

Victorian · Short · 12 linesnight

Dark house, by which once more I stand Here in the long unlovely street, Doors, where my heart was used to beat So quickly, waiting for a hand, A hand that can be clasp'd no more-- Behold me, for I cannot sleep, And like a guilty thing I creep At earliest morning to the door. He is not here; but far away The noise of life begins again, And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain On the bald street breaks the blank day.

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