Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="OLD_MASONRY" id="OLD_MASONRY"></SPAN>Old Masonry</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">L</span>ONG, long ago in our old street<br/></span> <span class="ih">Back from the busy road,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An old deserted stone house stood<br/></span> <span class="i0">Breaking beneath its load.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Such ruin that remained of peaks<br/></span> <span class="i0">Stood out against the skies.<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the memory of old things<br/></span> <span class="i0">Looked from behind its eyes.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">In summer time this dead old house<br/></span> <span class="i0">Set in its flowery space.<br/></span> <span class="i0">One likened to a stranger<br/></span> <span class="i0">In a much too friendly place.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">In winter time its creaking frame<br/></span> <span class="i0">With all its falling beams,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Was like a sea rocked sailor<br/></span> <span class="i0">Grown weary of his dreams.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">It leaned a little westward.<br/></span> <span class="i0">And now I think it knew,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And was waiting other voices<br/></span> <span class="i0">It long had listened to.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_3" id="page_3">{3}</SPAN></span><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Once I was part of this old ruin<br/></span> <span class="i0">When I myself were young.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Out of pity I must leave you<br/></span> <span class="i0">And half the song unsung.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_4" id="page_4">{4}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />