This was our house. To this we came br Lighted by love with torch aflame, br And in this chamber, door locked fast, br I held you to my heart at last. br br This was our house. In this we knew br The worst that Time and Fate can do. br You left the room bare, wide the door; br You did not love me any more. br br Where once the kind warm curtain hung br The spider's ghostly cloth is flung; br The beetle and the woodlouse creep br Where once I loved your lovely sleep. br br Yet so the vanished spell endures, br That this, our house, still, still is yours.