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I Have No House for Love to Shelter Him

by Josephine Foster

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Poem by Willa Cather, set to music by Josephine Foster

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Since thou came'st not at morn, come not at even;
Let night close peaceful where it hath begun.
Affrighten not the restful stars from heaven
With futile after-glimpses of the sun.
My heart inclines me, but my lands are wasted,
My treasure spent, and evening closes dim;
Spring's fair demesne the chilling frost hath tasted—
I have no house for Love to shelter him.

No raiment fair to clothe his limbs so tender;
No spicèd wines to cool his burning lip;
No garlands wherewithal to crown his splendor;
No lute to tune to songful fellowship.
No pillow for the twilights of his dreaming;
No roses on these brows, with winter grim,
Wherewith to strew his couch, as were beseeming—
I have no house for Love to shelter him.

Ride on, and tarry not, O kingly stranger!
This darkened chamber is a house of prayer;
A place of vigils, and to youth a danger—
'Twas fair at morning, but thou wert not there.
Who woos the sapless winter for his lover,
Or hangs his garlands at a cloister grim?
Oh! bid me not my nakedness discover,—
I have no house for Love to shelter him!

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released February 2, 2024
poem: Willa Cather
music: Josephine Foster © 2024 all rights reserved.

recorded/performed by Josephine Foster voice/guitar
watercolor art by Josephine

a poem-setting demo shared exclusively with subscribers to Josephine's Glorified Amateur Label.

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Glorified Amateur Recordings is the small record label of Josephine Foster started in February 2021, and is focussed on sharing her home recorded and live archives.

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