In Memoriam A. H. H.: 7. Dark house, by which once more I s

Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892



Dark house, by which once more I stand
        Here in the long unlovely street,
        Doors, where my heart was used to beat
    So quickly, waiting for a hand,
    A hand that can be clasp'd no more--
        Behold me, for I cannot sleep,
        And like a guilty thing I creep
    At earliest morning to the door.
    He is not here; but far away
       The noise of life begins again,
       And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain
   On the bald street breaks the blank day.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Scheme ABBACDDCEFGE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 478
Words 84
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.  more…

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