THE HONEYSUCKLE. 



BY THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. 



SEE the honeysuckle twine 

 Round this casement : 'tis a shrine 

 Where the heart doth incense give, 

 And the pure affections live 

 In the mother's gentle breast 

 By her smiling infant press'd. 



Blessed shrine ! dear, blissful home ! 

 Source whence happiness doth come ! 

 Round by the cheerful hearth we meet 

 All things beauteous all thing sweet- 

 Every solace of man's life, 

 Mother, daughter sister wife ! 



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