After long absence, of return
To my dear home — Oh, happiness!
To lie in blissful consciousness
Of all around: The picture there —
The books — the flower-glass filled with care
By a kind hand — And then to know,
'Twas but to rise, and meet below
Such a heart's welcome!
The Selected Literary Works, Prose and Verse, of Mrs. Caroline Southey: Embracing the Birth-day, Solitary Hours, The Ladey's Brydalle, Our Old Clock, The Smuggler, Miscellaneous Poems (1851 edition)
