Hope went by and Peace went by <br />And would not enter in; <br />Youth went by and Health wnt by <br />And Love that is their kin. <br /> <br />Those within the house shed tears <br />On their bitter bread; <br />Some were old and some were mad, <br />And some were sick a-bed. <br /> <br />Gray Death saw the wretched house <br />And even he passed by-- <br />"They have never lived," he said, <br />"They can wait to die."<br /><br />Sara Teasdale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-poor-house/
