Alfred, Lord Tennyson - The Deserted House lyrics

1 Life and Thought have gone away Side by side, Leaving door and windows wide: Careless tenants they! 2 All within is dark as night: In the windows is no light; And no murmur at the door, So frequent on its hinge before. 3 Close the door, the shutters close, Or thro' 1 the windows we shall see The nakedness and vacancy Of the dark deserted house. 4 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. 5 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!