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THE STRONG HOUSE by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: OUR LOVE IS LIKE A STRONG HOUSE
Last Line: TO TRY THE LOCKED DOOR?

Our love is like a strong house
Well roofed against the wind and rain --
Who passes darkly in the sun
Again and again?

The doors are fast, the lamps are lit,
We sit together talking low --
Who is it in the ghostly dusk
Goes to and fro?

Surely ours is a strong house,
I will not trouble any more --
But who comes stealing at midnight
To try the locked door?



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