The Home Circle.
■ ♦ SHE MABE HOME HAPPY. 1 She made home happy.’ These few words I read Within a churchyard, written on a stone ; No name, no date, the simple words alone Told me the story of the unknown dead ; A marble column lifted high its head Close by, inscribed to one the world has known; But, ah, that lonely grave with moss o’ergrown Thrilled me far more than his who armies led. ‘ She made home happy.’ Through the long, sad years The mother toiled,, and never stopped to rest Until they crossed her hands upon her breast And closed her eyes, no longer dim with tears. The simple record that she left behind, Was grander than the soldier’s, to my mind.
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Southern Cross, Volume 7, Issue 36, 2 December 1899, Page 11
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122The Home Circle. Southern Cross, Volume 7, Issue 36, 2 December 1899, Page 11
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