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1852–1933

A HOME SONG

Henry Van Dyke

I Read within a poet's book A word that starred the page: “Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage!”

Yes, that is true; and something more You'll find, where'er you roam, That marble floors and gilded walls Can never make a home.

But every house where Love abides, And Friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home-sweet-home: For there the heart can rest.

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