Poetical Fragments from Ethel Churchill Volume II/The Father’s Love

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

RETURN HOME.

'Tis not my home—he made it home
    With earnest love and care;
How can it be my own dear home,
    And he no longer there?

I asked to meet my father's eyes,
    But they were closed for me;
My father, would that I were laid
    In the dark grave with thee.

Where shall I look for constant love,
    To answer unto mine?
Others have many kindred hearts,
    But I had only thine.

Blanchard’s title is:

THE FATHER’S LOVE