I.
Life and Thought have gone away
Side by side,
Leaving door and windows wide;
Careless tenants they!
II.
All within is dark as night:
In the windows is no light;
And no murmur at the door,
So frequent on its hinge before.
III.
Close the door, the shutters close,
Or thro� the windows we shall see
The nakedness and vacancy
Of the dark deserted house.
IV.
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.
V.
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!
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