Home (1936)

Annette Sophie Poem "Home" (1936)

I.
With blighted hope or joyful heart
With weary steps or hansom cart,
Home is the stage where we play our part,
The mirror reflecting what thou art.
II.
Home -- God's gift
to mothers -- her child to rear and uplift,
to mold and chisel by her own hand,
a true, noble and worthy man.
III.
Home:  first and last,
The shore where life's anchor art cast.
Where thou may struggle and fall,
Yet with spirit high, although back to the wall.
IV.
Be thou roaming the earth.
Life, all sunshine and mirth.
Alas, at eventide
Thou hear, "in thy home abide."
V.
From dawn until the twilight hour,
the sweetest nectar with the sour
must be swallowed,
Yesterday's grief on tomorrow is mellowed.
VI.
Oh God we pray thee
May thy presence ever be
In our home.