Have now to greet us, but an antique home,

Not spacious, but of ample size for all,

The needs and elegance of cultured life.

Far down yon avenue of noble limes,

That spread their leafless branches broad and free,

You may behold it. Pointed gables rise

And straight tall chimneys rear themselves aloft

In strange variety, and by their forms

Bespeak a mansion that for centuries

Has held a worthy hearth. Though winter broods,