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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOME, by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA Poet's Biography
First Line: Cling to thy home! If there the meanest shed
Last Line: More heart's repose than all the world beside.
Subject(s): Home
First Line: Cling to thy home! If there the meanest shed
Last Line: More heart's repose than all the world beside.
Subject(s): Home
CLING to thy home! if there the meanest shed
Yield thee a hearth and shelter for thy head,
And some poor plot, with vegetables stored,
Be all that Heaven allots thee for thy board, --
Unsavory bread, and herbs that scattered grow.
Wild on the river brink or mountain brow.
Yet e'en this cheerless mansion shall provide
More heart's repose than all the world beside.
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