THE NEW HOME.
he founding of a new home marks an important era in a human life. Whether you be poor or wealthy, wise or ignorant, it is all the same—you begin a new existence. The associations of childhood and youth now undergo a total change. The familiar scenes disappear suddenly. Longfellow, in his "Hanging of the Crane," writes the following touching words on the eventful day:
"O fortunate, O happy day,
When a new household finds its place
Among the myriad homes of earth,
Like a new star sprung to birth,
And rolled on its harmonious way
Into the boundless realms of space!"
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"For two alone, there in the hall,
Is spread the table round and small;
Upon the polished silver shine
The evening lamps; but, more divine,
The light of love shines over all;
Of love that says not mine and thine,
But ours, for ours is thine and mine."