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The Home
See! from yon low-roofed cottage shines a light,To guide the absent homeward on his way;
On mantled bush, and tree, and meadow white,
It throws its ruddy glare and cheerful ray.
There, sheltered from the cold, the aged sire,
And mother with their children gather round;
Beside the hearthstone and the blazing fire,
When day is o'er, their chief delights are found.
The absent one they welcome from his toil,
And for them all is spread the frugal board;
Perhaps from sea he brings the fisher's spoil,
Or home returns with what the woods afford;
The sire doth bless, with grateful heart, the food,
Sent from the bounteous Source of every good.
Poem No. 412; c. 1878–80
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