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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DARK HOUSE, by GENE BOARDMAN HOOVER
First Line: Oh, the silence of a house when youth has fled
Last Line: I shall quietly go out -- and turn the key.
Subject(s): Loss; Time
First Line: Oh, the silence of a house when youth has fled
Last Line: I shall quietly go out -- and turn the key.
Subject(s): Loss; Time
Oh, the silence of a house when youth has fled...
Oh, the coldness of a house when love is dead...
Furtive cobwebs on the stair -- shadows... shadows everywhere...
And an echo follows everything that's said.
God-forsaken and alone -- it seems to be...
Desolation, and an unsolved mystery...
Nowhere do I find a trace of a happy voice or face --
I shall quietly go out -- and turn the key.
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