Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>AN OLD HOUSE</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">I</span> LOVE an old house,</span> <span class="i0">It is like an aged face,</span> <span class="i0">The worn lines,</span> <span class="i0">The strange, defeated grace.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Sorrow looks through these windows</span> <span class="i0">Through the crooked glass.</span> <span class="i0">And the sill is hollow</span> <span class="i0">Where Death’s feet pass.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But there is yet a beauty,</span> <span class="i0">A triumph, a haughty thrust;</span> <span class="i0">The meek defiance of ancient loveliness</span> <span class="i0">Before the dust is dust.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />