The Deserted House

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  There's no smoke in the chimney,
  And the rain beats on the floor;
  There's no glass in the window,
  There's no wood in the door;
  The heather grows behind the house,
  And the sand lies before.

  No hand hath trained the ivy,
  The walls are grey and bare;
  The boats upon the sea sail by,
  Nor ever tarry there.
  No beast of the field comes nigh,
  Nor any bird of the air

© Mary Elizabeth Coleridge