My humble hearth though all disdain,
Here may I cast aside the chain
The world hath coldly on me lain;
Here to my Lares offer up
The warm prayer of a grateful heart;
Thou that my household guardian art,
That dost to me thine aid impart,
And with thy mercy fill’st my cup;
Strengthen the hope within my soul,
Till I in faith may reach the goal.