Hello,dear learners!
Today we'll read a lovely poem about English homes. It was written by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)
It is full of love to her native land. So, it's no wonder that people in English-speaking countries know this poem from their childhood. And now it's our turn to learn it.
The Homes of England by Felicia Dorothea Hemans
The stately homes of England
How beautiful they stand!
Amidst their tall ancestral trees,
O'er all the pleasant land!
The deer across their green sward bound
Through shade and sunny gleam,
And the swan glides past them with the sound
Of some rejoicing stream.
The merry homes of England!
Around their hearths by night,
What gladsome looks of household love
Meet in the ruddy light!
There woman's voice flows forth in song,
Or childhood's tale is told;
Or lips move tunefully along
Some glorious page of old.
The cottage homes of England!
By thousands on her plains,
They are smiling o'er the silv'ry brook,
And round the hamlet-fanes;
Through glowing orchards forth they peep,
Each from its nook of leaves;
And fearless there the lowly sleep,
As the bird beneath their eaves.
The free fair homes of England!
Long, long in hut and hall
May hearts of native proof be rear'd
To guard each hallow'd wall.
And green for ever be the groves,
And bright the flow'ry sod,
Where first the child's glad spirit loves
Its country and its God.
Today we'll read a lovely poem about English homes. It was written by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)
It is full of love to her native land. So, it's no wonder that people in English-speaking countries know this poem from their childhood. And now it's our turn to learn it.
The Homes of England by Felicia Dorothea Hemans
The stately homes of England
How beautiful they stand!
Amidst their tall ancestral trees,
O'er all the pleasant land!
The deer across their green sward bound
Through shade and sunny gleam,
And the swan glides past them with the sound
Of some rejoicing stream.
The merry homes of England!
Around their hearths by night,
What gladsome looks of household love
Meet in the ruddy light!
There woman's voice flows forth in song,
Or childhood's tale is told;
Or lips move tunefully along
Some glorious page of old.
The cottage homes of England!
By thousands on her plains,
They are smiling o'er the silv'ry brook,
And round the hamlet-fanes;
Through glowing orchards forth they peep,
Each from its nook of leaves;
And fearless there the lowly sleep,
As the bird beneath their eaves.
The free fair homes of England!
Long, long in hut and hall
May hearts of native proof be rear'd
To guard each hallow'd wall.
And green for ever be the groves,
And bright the flow'ry sod,
Where first the child's glad spirit loves
Its country and its God.
Vocabulary
a stately home - a large and fine house that is occupied or was formerly occupied by an aristocratic family.
amidst - among
a hearth - a fireplace
ruddy - rosy, red
a cottage home - a small simple house, typically one near a lake or beach
a plain -a field
a brook-a stream
hamlet - a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village
a fane - a church
to peep - look quickly and furtively at something, especially through a narrow opening
a nook - a small corner or
sheltered space
a hut - a small single-story building of simple or crude construction, serving as a poor, rough, or temporary house or shelter.
a grove -a small wood, orchard, or group of trees.
sod - the surface of the ground, with the grass growing on it.
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