And behind it lay the end of a dream;

Behind it lifted barren walls,

And I thought of a play when the curtain falls

On a comedy written of shrouds and palls.

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Hungry Heart, Hungry Heart, what did you then?

I fell on my knees and I cried, Amen!

But now and again—now and again—

I come to the door in the dead of night,

I wander the rooms till the panes are white;