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Sweet is the smile of home; the mutual look When hearts are of each other sure; Sweet all the joys that crowd the household nook, The haunt of all affections pure; Yet in the world even these abide, and we Above the world, our calling boast: Once gain the mountain-top, and thou art free; Till then, who rest, presume; who turn to look, are lost.
Sweet is the smile of home; the mutual look When hearts are of each other sure; Sweet all the joys that crowd the household nook, The haunt of all affections pure; Yet in the world even these abide, and we Above the world, our calling boast: Once gain the mountain-top, and thou art free; Till then, who rest, presume; who turn to look, are lost.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Keble (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 300 · printed citation: Keble · subject: HOME
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