HOMESICK.
From "The Pall Mall Gazette." It stands afar midst happy, sunlit fields, A little farmhouse, brown and old, With ancient, ivy covered, buttressed walls. And straw thatched roof of gold; And I a wanderer from the dusty town, Grown weary of its heavy ways, Wistful, from off the hot, white road, looK down And long for the old days. For there the nights werfe blessed with, qulei; sleep, The. days were filled with happy cares, And there the gkies seemed ever biue, and there Was time ■for peace and prayers; While youth aud laughter, joy and hope, autl love, Sang in my heart a happy song. Ah mc! a song that's hushed for evermore. The crowded streets among. And now I stand and gaze, with heavj; heart, Acrobs dear Ilelds in louging sore, To where another woman, happier far, Looks froni the low half door. Oh. little farmhouse, old, aud brown, apfl sweet, I wake when all the world's at rest And think of you, and long for the old peace And the untroubled breast.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 26, 30 January 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)
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176HOMESICK. Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 26, 30 January 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)
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