Because the earth is vast and dark     And wet and cold;     Because man's heart wants warmth and light     Lest it grow old;     Therefore the house was built--wall, roof     And brick and beam,     By a lost hand following the lost     Delight of a dream,     And room and stair show how that hand     Groped in eager doubt,     With needless weight of teasing timber     Matching his thought--     Such fond superfluousness of strength     In wall and wood     As his half-wise, half-fearful eye     Deemed only …