Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOME AND WIFE, by WILLIAM THOMSON MCAUSLANE


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First Line: Where in this world, where strife and guile abound
Last Line: And god, approving, smile on all thy ways.
Subject(s): Love; Man-woman Relationships; Marriage; Male-female Relations; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


WHERE in this world, where strife and guile abound,
Shall one calm spot, one faithful friend be found,
A refuge sweet from earthly toil and care,
A heart that will thy griefs and burdens share,
Whose love keeps true through all the scenes of life? --
Thy Home that refuge, and that Friend thy Wife.
Bound be thy heart to home by strongest ties --
'Tis Heaven in miniature beneath the skies;
'Mid other claims, neglect not duty here,
This be of usefulness thy choicest sphere;
In the dear partner of thy life confide,
Let mutual trust with mutual love abide;
Prefer the solid joys around thy hearth
To all the pleasures elsewhere found on earth;
Then shall in peace and honour pass thy days,
And God, approving, smile on all thy ways.





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