The light of home - Webb, George J.

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◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 79216

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2024-02-21

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My boy, thou wilt dream the world is fair, And thy spirit will sigh to roam: And thou must go; but never, when there, Forget the light of home. Though pleasure may smile with a ray more bright, It dazzles to lead astray: Like the meteor’s flash, ’twill deepen the night When thou treadest the lonely way. But the hearth of home has a constant flame, And pure as vestal fire: ’Twill burn, ‘twill burn, for ever the same, For nature feeds the pyre. The sea of ambition is tempest-tost, And thy hopes may vanish like foam; But when sails are shiver’d, and rudder lost, Then look to the light of home; The sun of fame, ’twill gild the name; But the heart ne’er felt its ray; And fashion’s smiles, that rich ones claim, Are but beams of a wintry day. And how cold and dim those beams must be, To him that is doomed to roam; But, my boy, when the world is dark to thee, Then turn to the light of home.