457 <br /> <br />Sweet—safe—Houses— <br />Glad—gay—Houses— <br />Sealed so stately tight— <br />Lids of Steel—on Lids of Marble— <br />Locking Bare feet out— <br /> <br />Brooks of Plush—in Banks of Satin <br />Not so softly fall <br />As the laughter—and the whisper— <br />From their People Pearl— <br /> <br />No Bald Death—affront their Parlors— <br />No Bold Sickness come <br />To deface their Stately Treasures— <br />Anguish—and the Tomb— <br /> <br />Hum by—in Muffled Coaches— <br />Lest they—wonder Why— <br />Any—for the Press of Smiling— <br />Interrupt—to die—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sweet-safe-houses/
