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Homeward
The curtains close not, let the light
Be poured upon the deepening night;
Let fire and lamp with ruddy glow
Across the dusk a welcome throw;
That homeward eyes may all the way
Rejoice in the alluring ray,
And homeward footsteps from afar
May hasten tow'rds that evening star!
Be poured upon the deepening night;
Let fire and lamp with ruddy glow
Across the dusk a welcome throw;
That homeward eyes may all the way
Rejoice in the alluring ray,
And homeward footsteps from afar
May hasten tow'rds that evening star!
The curtains close, and let the gloom
Be banished from our happy room,
While soothing touch of child and wife
Removes the dust of toil and strife;
And infantile caress and kiss
Make the full heart o'erflow with bliss;
And pleasant talk and sunny smile
Those evening hours with love beguile.
Be banished from our happy room,
While soothing touch of child and wife
Removes the dust of toil and strife;
And infantile caress and kiss
Make the full heart o'erflow with bliss;
And pleasant talk and sunny smile
Those evening hours with love beguile.
In toilsome ways of earth we roam
With faces tow'rds our far-off Home,
Drawn onward by the cheering gleams
Of light which from its glory streams:
Our faithful footsteps shall not miss
Those mansions of repose and bliss,
That Home secure in heaven above,
Those greetings of eternal Love!
With faces tow'rds our far-off Home,
Drawn onward by the cheering gleams
Of light which from its glory streams:
Our faithful footsteps shall not miss
Those mansions of repose and bliss,
That Home secure in heaven above,
Those greetings of eternal Love!
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