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HIS LOVE OF HOME by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS LOVE OF NATIVE LAND,' THE OLD
Last Line: "A HOOSIER'S LOVE IS FER THE OLD HOMESTEAD."
Subject(s): FLAGS - UNITED STATES; HOME; LOVE; PATRIOTISM; AMERICAN FLAG;

"AS love of native land," the old man said,
"Er stars and stripes a-wavin' overhead.
Er nearest kith-and-kin, er daily bread,
A Hoosier's love is fer the old homestead."



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