THE DEAR LITTLE WIFE AT HOME.
Tb" (\ n nr little wif\» ftt hnni", Tom, With ever so mnoh to do — Stitcho", fn pr>t nr.d h-»!,«V«? fr> ppf. And p« uinnv thon<rM<« of yon. Th" h^intifu! li'in«'')i->ll f >py, Filling yon' 1 heart with lisjfht ; AYluitr'vpr ynn m"f>t tn-rt iy, Tnin, Go rhpeilly homo 1<"»-ni For tlionuli y<vi nn vorn nni] wc-sry, Yon ncodn'l ho cvo 1?'?1 ?'? or cmt ; Thnro jh-p wot do HU<* diirN to jr^ntlo lionrt^, There nro look«; tint wouml nnd limt. AYitli the ..ev in tie latch at home, Tom, Prop tron!»lep out of sisrht ; To tli^ dear TitHo wife who i=i wiiting' Gn cheerily liome to-night. You know *I)p will come to meet you, A Ptnile on he 1 ' ««nnv f.icp, j\nd your u-(>e little srirl, -i-S nil re a« n pearl, AVil) ho fherr in her childish prr.ice ; And \hp hoy, liir fjither'* pride, Tom, With tlif 1 eyes fo hrnvo nnd hrio'ht, Fi^pi the^triKennd thedin to thopeac6,Torn, , Go clieeiiiy home, to night. "Wlint, thoMch the tempter try you, Thmisrh Uio Rbnft«? of adverse fato M.iy hn«?tle ne'ir, nnd the sky bo drear, And the l,i«r?r'»rd fortune wait; You firo pn^sins: rich already, Let the h.-imiting fears take flight ; "With the f.iilh that wins success, Tom, Go Hieerilv home to-night.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 353, 23 March 1889, Page 8
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215THE DEAR LITTLE WIFE AT HOME. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 353, 23 March 1889, Page 8
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