The Poor House

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Title:     The Poor House
Author: Sara Teasdale [More Titles by Teasdale]

HOPE went by and Peace went by
And would not enter in;
Youth went by and Health went 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."

[The end]
Sara Teasdale's poem: Poor House

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