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Delmore Schwartz - Tired And Unhappy, You Think Of HousesDelmore Schwartz - Tired And Unhappy, You Think Of Houses
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Tired and unhappy, you think of houses Soft-carpeted and warm in the December evening, While snow`s white pieces fall past the window, And the orange firelight leaps.            A young girl sings That song of Gluck where Orpheus pleads with Death; Her elders watch, nodding their happiness To see time fresh again in her self-conscious eyes: The servants bring in the coffee, the children go to bed, Elder and younger yawn and go to bed, The coals fade and glow, rose and ashen, It is time to shake yourself! and break this Banal dream, and turn your head Where the underground is charged, where the weight Of the lean building is seen, Where close in the subway rush, anonymous In the audience, well-dressed or mean, So many surround you, ringing your fate, Caught in an anger exact as a machine!
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