Haunted Houses, by Clark William Lawlor

Haunted Houses, by Clark William Lawlor
Available for SATB Choir, with Piano
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Haunted Houses
All houses wherein men have lived and died
Are haunted houses. Through the open doors
The harmless phantoms on their errands glide,
With feet that make no sound upon the floors.
We meet them at the doorway, on the stair,
Impalpable impressions on the air,
Along the passages they come and go,
A sense of something moving to and fro.
There are more guests at the table than the hosts
Invited; the illuminated hall
Is thronged with quiet, inoffensive ghosts,
As silent as the pictures on the wall.
The stranger at my fireside cannot see
The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear;
But unto me all that has been
Is visible and clear.
The spirit-world around this world of sense
Wafts through these earthly mists and vapours dense,
Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere,
A vital breath of more ethereal air.
And from the world of spirits there descends,
O'er this unsteady floor, that sways and bends,
A bridge of light, connecting it with this,
Wander our thoughts above the dark abyss.
All houses wherein men have lived and died
Are haunted houses!
Adapted from Haunted Houses
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

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This helps me. I have this song in my choir class