THE ONE WHO STAYS AT HOME.
The family grows ; and some must go, Far from the sheltering roof, Where high suns burn, or oold winds blow, To hold the foe aloof. But Avhile the many forward run, And great ships go and come, Yet let us sometimes think of one — The one who stays at home. Stout hearts have they who cross the seas And distant perils face, Who Avish bo 'scape from deadening ease, Or scale the higher place. But valiant, too, is he whose heart, Like theirs, Avould breast the foam, Yet at the old hearth keeps his part — The one who stays at home. ' NeAv countries have great fields to reap, Need young and vigorous brain : But Motherland some sons must keep, To soav and bind her grain. The old folk, too, need some one there — They can no farther roam — Of all the flock there's one to spare — The one who stays 1 at home. — Joseph S. Dunn, in the Independent.
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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 120, 17 November 1900, Page 3 (Supplement)
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165THE ONE WHO STAYS AT HOME. Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 120, 17 November 1900, Page 3 (Supplement)
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