Dora Sigerson Shorter,
For Whom?
(1907)
“ Did tempt the darting swallows from their flight To nest and stay all loth and late to leave. Wide windows, planned to hold the circling sun Each in its hour—to no fair prospect blind. Deep hearths to bid the stranger welcome here To this good house with so much thought designed. I built a house that shall the years withstand, I—who to dust must fall in life's swift race, As shall he too who tenant follows here— For whom, then, have I built this pleasant place? ”
