| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Two Homes | | By Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881) |
| | | I HASTEN homeward, through the gathering night, | |
| Tow’rd the dear ones who in expectance sweet | |
| Await the coming of my weary feet, | |
| With faces in the hearth-fire glowing bright, | |
| And please my heart with many a lovely sight | 5 |
| Of way-worn neighbors, stepping from the street | |
| Through doors thrown wide, and bursts of light that greet | |
| Their entrance, painting all their paths with white; | |
| And then I think, with a great thrill of bliss, | |
| That all the world, and all of life it brings, | 10 |
| Tell me true tales of other realms than this, | |
| As faithful types of spiritual things; | |
| And so I know that home’s rewarding kiss | |
| Insures the hope of heaven that in me springs. | | | | |
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