| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| John Howard Payne. 1791–1852 |
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| 14. Home, Sweet Home |
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| From the Opera of "Clari, the Maid of Milan" |
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| MID PLEASURES and palaces though we may roam, | |
| Be it ever so humble there 's no place like home! | |
| A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there, | |
| Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere. | |
| Home! home! sweet, sweet home! | 5 |
| There 's no place like home! | |
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| An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain: | |
| O, give me my lowly thatched cottage again! | |
| The birds singing gayly that came at my call;— | |
| Give me them,—and the peace of mind dearer than all! | 10 |
| Home! home! sweet, sweet home! | |
| There 's no place like home! | |
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| How sweet 't is to sit 'neath a fond father's smile, | |
| And the cares of a mother to soothe and beguile! | |
| Let others delight mid new pleasures to roam, | 15 |
| But give me, oh, give me, the pleasures of home! | |
| Home! home! sweet, sweet home! | |
| There 's no place like home! | |
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| To thee I 'll return, overburdened with care; | |
| The heart's dearest solace will smile on me there; | 20 |
| No more from that cottage again will I roam; | |
| Be it ever so humble, there 's no place like home. | |
| Home! home! sweet, sweet home! | |
| There 's no place like home! | |
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