In Sullen Defeat

You showed me a haunt
In the creak of the floorboards
Put out the candles (Lost in light!)
With a gust of vespers (Reflecting mind’s eye!)
A prowler among the tenements
Is the trapper in the stairwell
This house is purgatory
There’s a poacher in my home
There’s no breaking ties that bind us
Nearer my God
Now at the hour of our death
Nearer my God
Now at the hour of our death