More than lure of mystic lands beyond the sea, Do the beauties of my Homeland call to me. Great and wondrous are the scenes of ancient Rome; Dearer to me are the tender ties of home. Wealth and power a gay existence oft portray; Make me happy in the blessings of the day. In the journey o'er life's highway as I go, Lasting peace and true perspective may I know. Not in vain and futile search for the rainbow, Give content and peace in simple joys I know. Banish longing for the things that cannot be, Grant me, Lord, a calm felicity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY by ROBERT FROST ULTIMA VERITAS by WASHINGTON GLADDEN ODE ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB by THOMAS GRAY A CHILD'S GRAVE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH DECEMBER by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH DELIA. AN ELEGY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |