Full many a change the hearth hath known;

The Druid fire, the curfew’s tone,

The log that bright at yule-tide shone,

The merry sports of Hallow-e’en;

Yet still where’er a home is found,

Gather the warm affections round,

And there the notes of mirth resound,

The voice of wisdom heard between:

And welcomed there with words of grace,

The stranger finds a resting place.