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Stay , stay at home , my heart , and rest ; Home-keeping hearts are happiest , For those that wander they know not where Are full of trouble and full of care ;
To stay at home is best .
Weary and homesick and distressed , They wander east , they wander west , And are baffled and beaten and blown about By the winds of the wilderness of doubt ;
To stay at home is best .
Then stay at home , my heart , and rest ; The bird is safest in its nest ; O ’ er all that flutter their wings and fly A hawk is hovering in the sky ;
To stay at home is best .
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882
PORTFOLIO MAGAZINE 79