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HOME.
Home! home! as we kneel at thy time-hallowed shrine,
Our hearts' purest incense for aye shall be thine;
For our early-breathed vows, and our childhood's young prayer.
And our heart's dearest wishes are all centred there.
Our hearts' purest incense for aye shall be thine;
For our early-breathed vows, and our childhood's young prayer.
And our heart's dearest wishes are all centred there.
A light from r.hat altar around us is shed,
To guide us in safety wherever we tread:
Like the moon's gentle lustre, it beams on the eve.
Shining purest and brightest when danger is nigh.
To guide us in safety wherever we tread:
Like the moon's gentle lustre, it beams on the eve.
Shining purest and brightest when danger is nigh.
O! never. till life's golden sunlight shall set,
Can we the loved home of our childhood forget
But faithful remembrance to rapture shall swell,
As it rests on the spot where our cherished ones dwell.
Can we the loved home of our childhood forget
But faithful remembrance to rapture shall swell,
As it rests on the spot where our cherished ones dwell.
And thus may the magic which breathes round our home.
Still guide, as mid life's varied pathway we roam:
Till we reach the bright shore where the freed soul may rest,
The land of the faithful, the home of the blest.
Still guide, as mid life's varied pathway we roam:
Till we reach the bright shore where the freed soul may rest,
The land of the faithful, the home of the blest.
