Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEGIN AT HOME, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: No home so unwise as the teacher's
Last Line: To the home-neglecters of earth.
Subject(s): Home


No home so unwise as the teacher's
That teaches only abroad;
No home so accursed as the preacher's
That tells only strangers of God.

Ah, there's many a world's care-taker
Whose house lacks neatness and grace,
And there's many a merrymaker
Whose home is the saddest place.

And I wonder if up in heaven.
Where homes are of priceless worth,
Christ's "many mansions" are given
To the home-neglecters of earth.





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