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Show THE ONE WHO STAYS AT HOME. Ti" wheel? f the world go round and round, in prvss i-i a husv throng. iluJ-ir . i: ' imttHi -melody - - .'.nil u.izb' :li lis reaper fconjr: i Tui' tides an? out and the tMes are In, j Uke the in its ehb and How. I For Uiere's uiiwiys uiie ij htay at homa Wheiv there Is one to tjo. Ahroad on the hitrhwny's nniiy track TliL-n- Is nisi) of Hurrying feet. The s)mrks Hy out from the h-i-ls of time To brighten the hitter ami fivit-t; But apart from the lieaten road and I with. Where the pulse of earth nius slow, There tfi always one u stay ai Uoiue Where Uiero w one to go. Over and orer good-bys are sold. In tenia that die with the day, When eyes are wet that cannot forget. And smiles have faded away; Smiles that are worn as over a grave Flowers will blossom and blow; For there's alw ays one to stay at bomo Where there is one to go. Always one for the little tasks Of a day that in oever done; Always one to Bit down at night And watch with the stars alone. And he who fights on the world s broad field. With banner und blast and drum. Little dreams of a battle gulued By the one who stayed at home. Bumestoa Lane In Detroit Free Press. |