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HOMESICK by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

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First Line: TIS SWEET TO HIM, WHO ALL THE WEEK
Last Line: BEFORE THE DOOR OF HIS OWN HOME?
Subject(s): HOMESICKNESS;
'Tis sweet to him, who all the week
Through city-crowds must push his way,
To stroll alone through fields and woods,
And hallow thus the Sabbath-day.
And sweet it is, in summer bower,
Sincere, affectionate and gay,
One's own dear children feasting round,
To celebrate one's marriage-day.
But what is all to his delight,
Who having long been doomed to roam,
Throws off the bundle from his back,
Before the door of his own home?



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