Page:Main Street and other poems, Kilmer, 1917.djvu/33

MAIN STREET AND OTHER POEMS

HOUSES (continued) For Christopher Wren and these other men

Who used to build on earth

Will love to go to work again

If they may work for you.

"This porch," you'll say, "should go this way!"

And they'll work for all they're worth,

And they'll come to your palace every morning,

And ask you what to do.

And when night comes down on Heaven-town

(If there should be night up there)

You will choose the house you like the best

Of all that you can see:

And its walls will glow as you drowsily go

To the bed up the golden stair,

And I hope you'll be gentle enough to keep

A room in your house for me. [ 27 ]