University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
The works of Mrs. Hemans

With a memoir of her life, by her sister. In seven volumes
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne (1793-1835)

expand sectionI. 
VOL. I.
expand sectionII. 
VOL. II.
expand sectionIII. 
VOL. III.
collapse sectionIV. 
VOL. IV.
expand section 
[section]
expand section 
LAYS OF MANY LANDS.
expand section 
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
expand section 
[section]
expand section 
WELSH MELODIES.
expand section 
HYMNS FOR CHILDHOOD.
expand section 
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
expand sectionV. 
VOL. V.
expand sectionVI. 
VOL. VI.
expand sectionVII. 
VOL. VII.

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section The works of Mrs. Hemans
next section

THE STRANGER'S HEART.

The stranger's heart! Oh! wound it not!
A yearning anguish is its lot;
73

In the green shadow of thy tree,
The stranger finds no rest with thee.
Thou think'st the vine's low rustling leaves
Glad music round thy household eaves;
To him that sound hath sorrow's tone—
The stranger's heart is with his own.
Thou think'st thy children's laughing play
A lovely sight at fall of day;—
Then are the stranger's thoughts oppress'd—
His mother's voice comes o'er his breast.
Thou think'st it sweet when friend with friend
Beneath one roof in prayer may blend;
Then doth the stranger's eye grow dim—
Far, far are those who pray'd with him.
Thy hearth, thy home, thy vintage-land—
The voices of thy kindred band—
Oh! 'midst them all when bless'd thou art,
Deal gently with the stranger's heart!
previous section The works of Mrs. Hemans
next section