HOME.
Domestic happiness, thou only bliss
Of paradise that has survived the fall!
The Task, Bk. III. W. COWPER.
The first sure symptom of a mind in health
Is rest of heart, and pleasure felt at home.
Night Thoughts, Night VIII. DR. E. YOUNG.
To make a happy fireside clime
To weans and wife,
That's the true pathos and sublime
Of human life.
Epistle to Dr. Blacklock. R. BURNS.
For the whole world, without a native home,
Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
To the Bishop of Lincoln. A. COWLEY.
His native home deep imaged in his soul.
Odyssey, Bk. XIII. HOMER. Trans. of POPE.
Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.
Song. H.W. LONGFELLOW.
His home, the spot of earth supremely blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.
West Indies, Pt. III. J. MONTGOMERY.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
The Farmer's Daily Diet. T. TUSSER.
He kept no Christmas-house for once a year:
Each day his boards were filled with lordly fare.
A Maiden's Dream. R. GREENE.
Alike all ages: dames of ancient days
Have led their children through the mirthful maze;
And the gay grandsire, skilled in gestic lore,
Has frisked beneath the burden of threescore.
The Traveller. O. GOLDSMITH.
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,
Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,
And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn
Throws up a steamy column, and the cups,
That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,
So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
The Task: Winter Evening, Bk, IV. W. COWPER.