Nature

The Ghosts of an Old House: Epilogue

by John Gould Fletcher 1886–1950

From Goblins and Pagodas (1916)

Nature

Why it was I do not know,
But last night I vividly dreamed
Though a thousand miles away,
That I had come back to you.

The windows were the same:
The bed, the furniture the same,
Only there was a door where empty wall had always been,
And someone was trying to enter it.

I heard the grate of a key,
An unknown voice apologetically
Excused its intrusion just as I awoke.

But I wonder after all
If there was some secret entranceway,
Some ghost I overlooked, when I was there.

MLA

Fletcher, John Gould. “The Ghosts of an Old House: Epilogue.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher/78/.

Chicago

Fletcher, John Gould. “The Ghosts of an Old House: Epilogue.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher/78/.

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