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THE FATHER'S LOVE by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON

Poet Analysis

First Line: TIS NO TMY HOME - HE MADE IT HOME
Last Line: BUT I HAD ONLY THINE.
Subject(s): FATHERS;

'TIS not my home -- he made it home
With earnest love and care;
How can it be my own dear home,
And he no longer there?

I asked to meet my father's eyes,
But they were closed for me;
My father, would that I were laid
In the dark grave with thee.

Where shall I look for constant love,
To answer unto mine?
Others have many kindred hearts,
But I had only thine.



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