The Open Window

The old house by the lindens
Stood silent in the shade,
And on the gravelled pathway
The light and shadow played.

I saw the nursery windows
Wide open to the air;
But the faces of the children,
They were no longer there.

The large Newfoundland house-dog
Was standing by the door;
He looked for his little playmates,
Who would return no more.

They walked not under the lindens,
They played not in the hall;
But shadow, and silence, and sadness,
Were hamgimg over all.

The birds sang in the branches
With sweet, familiar tone;
But the voices of the children
Will be heard in dreams alone!

And the boy that walked beside me,
He could not understand
Why closer in mine, - ah! closer, -
I pressed his warm, soft hand!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . 1807-1882

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Poetry of Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
born 1807, died 1882

Poems

Excelsior
The Arrow And The Song
To An Old Danish Song-Book
Walter Von Der Vogelweide
To The Driving Cloud
The Warning
The Quadroon Girl
A Psalm Of Life
Maidenhood
Footsteps Of Angels
The Rainy Day
Resignation
The Open Window

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