I BUILT myself a house of glass:
It took me years to make it:
And I was proud. But now, alas,
Would God someone would break it.
But it looks too magnificent.
No neighbour casts a stone
From where he dwells, in tenement
Or palace of glass, alone.
Classic poem
I Built Myself a House of Glass
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About this poem
- First line
- I BUILT myself a house of glass:
- Poet
- Edward Thomas
- Themes
- solitude, faith, identity, time
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