And peace of mind, and, fluttering by,
My Lydia's graceful draperies,
At home, alone.
V.
As it might have been Constructed in 1744, Oliver Goldsmith, at 19, Writing the First Stanza, and Alexander Pope, at 52, the Second:
Home! at the word, what blissful visions rise;
Lift us from earth, and draw toward the skies!
'Mid mirag'd towers, or meretricious joys,
Although we roam, one thought the mind employs:
Or lowly hut, good friend, or loftiest dome,