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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GONE, by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE Poet's Biography
First Line: About the little chambers of my heart
Last Line: One door alone is shut, one chamber still.
Alternate Author Name(s): Anodos
Subject(s): Friendship; Loss
First Line: About the little chambers of my heart
Last Line: One door alone is shut, one chamber still.
Alternate Author Name(s): Anodos
Subject(s): Friendship; Loss
About the little chambers of my heart
Friends have been coming -- going -- many a year.
The doors stand open there.
Some, lightly stepping, enter; some depart.
Freely they come and freely go, at will.
The walls give back their laughter; all day long
They fill the house with song.
One door alone is shut, one chamber still.
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