The Home Circle
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OUR OWN.
If I had known in the morning How wearily all the day The words unkind Would trouble the mind X said when I went away I had been more careful, darling, Nor given you needless pain, Hut.we vex “ opr own ” With look and tone. We might never bring back again. ITor though in the quiet evening, You may give me the kiss of peace, Yet it might be That never for me The pain of the heart should cease. How many go forth in the morning That never come home at night ? And hearts have broken 3Tor harsh words spoken, That sorrow can ne’er set right. We have careful thoughts for the stranger, A smile for the sometime guest; But oft for “ our own” The bitter tone, Though we love “ our own ” the best. A.h ! lips with the curve impatient, Ah ! brow with that look of scorn, ’Twere a cruel fate Were the night too late To undo the work of the morn. —Selected.
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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 24, 8 September 1894, Page 11
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172The Home Circle Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 24, 8 September 1894, Page 11
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