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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 352, 22 February 1866, Page 1

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LOVED ONES AT HOME. C. D. Sidjlet. MK cMdUood, when life is all beauty and bloom. And our pathway is laden with flowers; 'When pleasure and gladness the present illume. And we dream, of still happier hours; Ere the heart has bean touched by a sorrow or care. Or our footsteps have ventured to roam, VThat pleasure so sweet, or what treasure so rare As the circle of loved ones at home? In manhood, when youth and its visions are past. And the dreams of our childhood are flown; ■When the shadows of care round our footsteps are cast. And life's thorns 'mong its roses are strewn; “When the heart fromits sadness and sorrow wouldtum, And our footsteps no longer would roam, Tfhat pleasure so sweet, and what treasure so rare. As the circle of loved ones at home ? In childhood, or manhood, or ace’s last hour—- ~ When the taper of life flickers dim— In gladness or sorrow, in w akness or power. What joy fills our cup to the brim ? like the joy of the heart, that, for good or for 111— Wherever our footsteps ma5 r roam— Is anchored in sunshine, that haloes it stiU Prom the circle of loved ones at home I —American Paper.