Poems (Lambert)/"I was a stranger and ye took me in"

by Mary Eliza Perine Tucker Lambert

"I WAS A STRANGER AND YE TOOK ME IN.”

TOSSED on the stormy waves of time,
 By sternest cares oppressed,
I sought and found in Northern clime
 A holy place of rest.

Blessed, thrice blessed be this spot,
 Abiding place of peace,—
May trouble's hand pollute it not,
 And only joys increase.

And you, fair Annie, may your days
 Be fraught with joy and lightness;
May thornless flowers bestrew your ways,
 And all your hours be brightness.