Frederick Philip Grove
THE DIRGE
(IM 15, 1-33)

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© August 2007

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III. "This house has grown... by Frederick Philip Grove This house has grown; I pass from room to room, And each sounds empty, vast, and dully stilled; Instead of sunshine it is lit with gloom; My eyes seek dumbly but remain unfilled. This house has grown; and it surrounds me now Like a garment for my limbs too wide. I pass from room to room; but no more thou, My child and future, runnest to my side. This house has grown; and grown, too, has this heart: Its chambers echo with their thud and ache-- The fierce, dull ache of those who had part With all they loved. O chambers, shake and brake! In Memoriam 15/3