p. 14 | A Home Song by Henry Van Dyke

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 26, 1909

A Home Song

By Henry Van Dyke

I TURNED an ancient poet’s book, And found upon the page: “Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage.”

Yes, that is true, and something more: You’ll find where’er you roam, That marble floors and gilded walls Can never make a home.

But every house where love abides, And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home, sweet home, For there the heart can rest. — Henry Van Dyke.