Wayside pictures, hymns, and poems . THE LOVE OF HOME. ?^^ ^^. BOOK FIRST. of over- life, earth is fair witli fliajipiness,AVitli l)o\verR thathxstiugly,/^\ ^^^^?^ gems that sparkle on andi^—J never fade, With streams that mnrnim- sweeter and more sweet,With flowers that wither not from moon to moon,With gardens where the roses fill the cling aronnd them ivy-like,Entwining them for ever, till the hillsAnd silent valleys dimly fade in is om- butli-place, garlanded with gieen,Fiagraiit with love-shoots of our early time,Gemmed with jjmx thoiiglits that gh)

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Wayside pictures, hymns, and poems . THE LOVE OF HOME. ?^^ ^^. BOOK FIRST. of over- life, earth is fair witli fliajipiness,AVitli l)o\verR thathxstiugly,/^\ ^^^^?^ gems that sparkle on andi^—J never fade, With streams that mnrnim- sweeter and more sweet,With flowers that wither not from moon to moon,With gardens where the roses fill the cling aronnd them ivy-like,Entwining them for ever, till the hillsAnd silent valleys dimly fade in is om- butli-place, garlanded with gieen,Fiagraiit with love-shoots of our early time,Gemmed with jjmx thoiiglits that gh)w through aftcuSongful nmid the sunshine of the Past,And cUnging to tlic iBemory evermore. Sec yonder itilgrim with his hoary locks. Sitting Leside the streamlet in the vale Which glides from rock to rock exultingly. Before him, in that altered arbours shade, Lie tlie rough ruins of his fathers cot. Prostrate among the climbing ivy leaves. And the rank giass which withers where it giows. O how those granite blocks, untouched by Ait, Are miu-mming to him

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