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The stranger’s heart! Oh, wound it not! A yearning anguish is its lot; In the green shadow of thy tree, The stranger finds no rest with thee. Thou think’st the vine’s low rustling leaves Are music round the household eaves; To him that sound hath sorrow’s tone— The stranger’s heart is with his own. Thou think’st the children’s laughing play A lovely sight at fall of day; Then are the stranger’s thoughts opprest— A mother’s voice comes o’er his breast. Thou think’st it sweet when friend to friend Beneath one roof in prayer may blend; Then doth the stranger’s eye grow dim— Far, far are those who’ve prayed with him. Thy hearth, thy home, thy vintage land— The voices of thy kindred band; Oh! ’midst them all when blest thou art, Deal gently with the stranger’s heart.
The stranger’s heart! Oh, wound it not! A yearning anguish is its lot; In the green shadow of thy tree, The stranger finds no rest with thee. Thou think’st the vine’s low rustling leaves Are music round the household eaves; To him that sound hath sorrow’s tone— The stranger’s heart is with his own. Thou think’st the children’s laughing play A lovely sight at fall of day; Then are the stranger’s thoughts opprest— A mother’s voice comes o’er his breast. Thou think’st it sweet when friend to friend Beneath one roof in prayer may blend; Then doth the stranger’s eye grow dim— Far, far are those who’ve prayed with him. Thy hearth, thy home, thy vintage land— The voices of thy kindred band; Oh! ’midst them all when blest thou art, Deal gently with the stranger’s heart.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Mrs. Hemans (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 573 · printed citation: Mrs. Hemans · subject: STRANGER
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