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THE LITTLE HOUSE by EDITH DALEY

First Line: I WANT A HUMBLE LITTLE HOUSE
Last Line: "A FRIEND OF MINE LIVES HERE!"
Subject(s): HOUSES;
I want a humble little house
Whose shingled roof is low;
A house with threshold worn quite thin
By feet that come and go.

I want wide windows that will glow
With welcome wreathed about,
That all who suffer may come in,
And, comforted, go out.

Hospitable my house must be;
And, though the rooms are small,
Its heart-of-home will somehow hold
Enough of room for all.

I want my lowly house to have
Comradely atmosphere,
That poverty or pain may say:
"A friend of mine lives here!"



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