20 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



If you can do so, O make it an Eden 



Of beauty and gladness — remember 'tis wise ; 

 'Twill teach you to long for that home you are needing, 



The heaven of beauty beyond the blue skies. 



^ Make home a hive, where all beautiful feelings 



Cluster like bees, and their honey dew bring ; 

 Make it a temple of holy revealings, 



And Love its bright angel, with ' shadowy wing ; ' 

 There shall it be when afar on life's billow. 



Wherever your tempest-toss'd children are flung, 

 They will long for the shades of the home weeping willow, 



And sing the sweet songs which their mother had sung." 



Make home beautiful. Surround it witli all that is appropri- 

 ate in the floral world, with trees and fruits and flowers. Fill 

 it with books and music and healthful recreations. Then will 

 it become the centre of interest to the youngs — will bind them 

 to the old roof-tree as with hooks of steel, once more to gladden 

 your fields with the labor of your own kindred, and the cher- 

 ished spot to which each wanderer will return with increased 

 love and affection. 



