And find the sad, delightful theme           

             Relieve.           

                        

             It bids all present forms decay,           

             All present feelings fade away;           

             Impeding distance, long delay           

             Are o'er!           

                        

             Fancy, so active in the gloom,           

             Till some one enters in the room,           

             Can all the images of home           

             Restore.           

                        

             Alas! when weeks, and months are past,           

             Shall I that home behold at last,           

             Which even the dark clouds overcast           

             Endear?           

                        

             Lest one of all the cares that dart           

             Like arrows round each thoughtful heart,           

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