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Home and Love
Robert William Service
About Robert William Service
Robert William Service (1874 − 1958) was born in Preston, England. His father was a banker,and Robert became a banker too, at the age of 15! in 1896 he emigrated to Canada and then moved to California. Some years later, while living in the Yukon, he was inspired to write poems. He wrote and wrote, and found a publisher who liked his poetry. His first book of poems, Songs of a Sourdough, was published in 1908. the poem 'Home and love' is from a collection called Rhymes of a Rolling Stone. The title summed up Service's life; he loved travelling. Robert Service died in 1958. he was honoured in 1976 on a Canadian postage stamp.
Just Home and Love! the words are small
Four little letters unto each;
And yet you will not find in all
The wide and gracious range of speech
Two more so tenderly complete:
When angels talk in heaven above,
I'm sure they have npo wo0rds more sweet
Than Home and Love.
Just home and Love! It's hard to guess
Which of the two were best to gain;
Home without Love is bitterness ;
Love without Home is often pain.
No! each alone will seldom do;
Somehow they travel hand and glove:
If you win one you must have two,
Both Home and Love.
And if you've both, well then I'm sure
You ought to sing the whole day long;
It doesn't matter if you're poor
With these to make divine your song.
And so I praisefully repeat,
When angels talk in Heaven above,
There are no words more simply sweet
Than Home and Love.
− Robert William Service
Available Answers
- 1.
What are the words the poet wants to bring to our attention?
- 2.
What information does he give us about the words? Mention at least three points found in the first verse.
- 3.
What argument does the poet give, in the second verse, to show that love is no use without home and home is no use without love?
- 4.
Which common phrase does the poet use to show that love and home work together?
- 5.
What message does the poet have for those who have for those who have both home and love?
- 6.
Find words in the poem which have the same meaning as the following:
- a divine being
- abode
- needy
- obtain
- affection
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