The New House (Edward Thomas)

Now first, as I shut the door,
I was alone
In the new house; and the wind
Began to moan.

 

Old at once was the house,
And I was old;
My ears were teased with the dread
Of what was foretold,

 

Nights of storm, days of mist, without end;
Sad days when the sun
Shone in vain: old griefs and griefs
Not yet begun.

 

All was foretold me; naught
Could I foresee;
But I learned how the wind would sound

After these things should be.

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