Dreamers and Other Poems

<p><SPAN name="THE_EMPTY_HOUSE" id="THE_EMPTY_HOUSE"></SPAN>THE EMPTY HOUSE</p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">April will come to the quiet town</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">That I left long ago,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Scattering primroses up and down&mdash;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Row upon happy row.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">(Oh, little green lane, will she come your way,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">To a certain path I know?)</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">April will pause by cottage and gate</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">In the wild, sweet evening rain,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Where the garden borders run brown and straight,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">To coax them to bloom again.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">(Oh, little sad garden that once was gay,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Must she call to you all in vain?)</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">April will come to cottage and hill,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Laughing her lovers awake.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">(Oh, little closed house, so cold and still,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Will she find you for old joy's sake,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And leave one primrose beside your door,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Lest the heart of your garden break?)</span><br/> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />