THE HOUSE OPPOSITE.
I wonder whv thev build them a house. Little and low an'd grey. With tiled red roof ejid shadowy caves, In *.u old Italian way? And T wonder whether its charming face, Strange to this restless street, Smiles into eyes that see Italy, Hurries their homeward feet? The shabby tent of occasional blue, Set over their sharp roof-tree— Does it suddenly seem, to their home-sick hearts The sky of Tuscany? At. the foolish door of their happy house — Jn the shafted city gloom--Lingers—ab, lingers!—like love in spring. An almond Lush a-bloom! And doss every breath of the breaking May, Wanton and warm and dear. Waken the image of distant, dreams Whose altar they cherish here? I wonder why they build them a house, Little «-nd grey and low? Is it for love and for Italy— Or because it happened so —Emery Pottle.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16320, 8 January 1921, Page 3
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145THE HOUSE OPPOSITE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16320, 8 January 1921, Page 3
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