"No more shall thy family welcome thee home, Nor around thee thy wife and sweet little ones come; All clamouring joyous to snatch the first kiss, Transporting thy bosom with exquisite bliss."
— Fathers

January 1, 1970

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Cf. Thomas Gray, ', st. 6:—For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.