The Poor House Poem by Sara Teasdale

The Poor House

Rating: 2.8


Hope went by and Peace went by
And would not enter in;
Youth went by and Health wnt by
And Love that is their kin.

Those within the house shed tears
On their bitter bread;
Some were old and some were mad,
And some were sick a-bed.

Gray Death saw the wretched house
And even he passed by--
"They have never lived," he said,
"They can wait to die."

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Unnikrishnan E S 06 January 2022

A haunting poem of a beguiled heart

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Emancipation Planz 07 February 2008

This poems brims over with direct guilt and its melody stays to haunt...

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Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale

Missouri / United States
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