God slays Himself with every leaf that flies, And hell is more than half of paradise.
No, there is not a dawn in eastern skies --In eastern skies.
Out of a grave I come to tell you this, --Out of a grave I come to quench the kiss That flames upon your forehead with a glow That blinds you to the way that you must go.
Yes, there is yet one way to where she is, --Bitter, but one that faith can never miss.
Out of a grave I come to tell you this --To tell you this.
There is the western gate, Luke Havergal, There are the crimson leaves upon the wall.
Go, -- for the winds are tearing them away, --Nor think to riddle the dead words they say, Nor any more to feel them as they fall;But go! and if you trust her she will call.
There is the western gate, Luke Havergal --Luke Havergal.
The House on the HillThey are all gone away, The House is shut and still, There is nothing more to say.
Through broken walls and gray The winds blow bleak and shrill:
They are all gone away.
Nor is there one to-day To speak them good or ill:
There is nothing more to say.
Why is it then we stray Around that sunken sill?
They are all gone away,And our poor fancy-play For them is wasted skill:
There is nothing more to say.
There is ruin and decay In the House on the Hill:
They are all gone away, There is nothing more to say.
Richard CoryWhenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked;But still he fluttered pulses when he said, "Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich, -- yes, richer than a king, --And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head.