The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part III: Gods And False Gods: LIX

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)



THE HAUNTED HOUSE
How loud the storm blew all that bitter night!
The loosened ivy tapping on the pane
Woke me and woke, again and yet again,
Till I was full awake and sat upright.
I listened to the noises of the night,
And presently I heard, disguised yet plain,
A footstep on the stair which mounted light
Towards me, and my heart outbeat the rain.
I knew that it was you. I knew it even
Before the door, which by design ajar
Waited your coming, had disclosed my fate.
I felt a wind upon my face from heaven.
I felt the presence of a life. My hair
Was touched as by a spirit. Insensate
I drew you to my bosom. Ah, too late!
I clutched the darkness. There was nothing there.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme ABCDBBCBCEFGHIBGI
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 666
Words 134
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

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