Who occupies this
House?
A Stranger I must
judge
Since No one knows
His Circumstance –
′Tis well the name
and age

 

Are writ opon the Door
Or I should fear to
pause
Where not so much
as ⁺Honest Dog
Approach encourages –

 

It seems a Curious Town –
Some Houses very old,
Some – newly raised this
Afternoon,
Were I compelled to build

 

¦

It should not be among
Inhabitants so still
But where the Birds
assemble
And Boys were possible

 

Before Myself was born
′Twas settled, so they say,
A Territory for the Ghosts
And Squirrels, formerly.

 

Until a Pioneer, as
Settlers often do
Liking the quiet of
the Place
Attracted more unto –

 

And from a Settlement
A Capitol has grown
Distinguished for the gravity
Of every Citizen –

¦

The Owner of this House
A Stranger He must be –
Eternity′s Acquaintances
Are mostly so – to me –