The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes |
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THE HOME OF TASTE.
You seek the home of taste, and find
The proud mechanic there,
Rich as a king, and less a slave,
Throned in his elbow-chair!
Or on his sofa reading Locke,
Beside his open door!
Why start?—why envy worth like his
The carpet on his floor?
The proud mechanic there,
Rich as a king, and less a slave,
Throned in his elbow-chair!
Or on his sofa reading Locke,
Beside his open door!
Why start?—why envy worth like his
The carpet on his floor?
You seek the home of sluttery—
“Is John at home?” you say.
“No, sir; he's at the ‘Sportsman's Arms;’
The dog-fight's o'er the way.”
O lift the workman's heart and mind
Above low sensual sin!
Give him a home! the home of taste!
Outbid the house of gin!
“Is John at home?” you say.
“No, sir; he's at the ‘Sportsman's Arms;’
The dog-fight's o'er the way.”
O lift the workman's heart and mind
Above low sensual sin!
Give him a home! the home of taste!
Outbid the house of gin!
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O give him taste! it is the link
Which binds us to the skies—
A bridge of rainbows, thrown across
The gulph of tears and sighs;
Or like a widower's little one—
An angel in a child—
That leads him to her mother's chair,
And shows him how she smiled.
Which binds us to the skies—
A bridge of rainbows, thrown across
The gulph of tears and sighs;
Or like a widower's little one—
An angel in a child—
That leads him to her mother's chair,
And shows him how she smiled.
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