Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN A SMALL HOUSE, by EMILY BLANCHE MANN GROBY


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IN A SMALL HOUSE, by                    
First Line: It is pleasant to live in a small house
Last Line: Watching for you, my dear, waiting for you.
Subject(s): Home


It is pleasant to live in a small house
In a big green space and a hill near by;
To sit by a small door when evening comes;
To listen quietly now to the thrill
Of the dark earth; -- to wait, and bye and bye
To go inside, and look about, and sleep, --
To hold this slumber close, a sacred thing;
To rest and turn and rest again; to have
No thought of little noises in the night, --
Only day and its kind remembering.
And dawn will come to this small quiet house
To lift the dusky garments of the night,
And then depart on silver silent feet.
Outside a small bird sings and it is day,
And all the fields and hills are filled with light.

Oh, it is pleasant to have a small house
With a friendly gate and an apple tree
And a brave stream gurgling beneath a hill.
Apples are good for those who come and those
Who pass, and each can have a yellow rose,
And gather the sage and some of the rue.
But all of the time he thinks of the road,
Watching for you, my dear, waiting for you.





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