HOME POEMS, — BY — KATE LOUISE WHEELER. Copyright 1897, BY KATE LOUISE WHEELER All Rights Reserved. TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING CO. NASHUA, N. H. AUTHOR’S PREFACE. I am a New Hampshire girl. I have written these poems in the interests of Christian Endeavor. My friends are so much pleased with them that I have had them published for our mutual benefit. KATE LOUISE WHEELER. To MY BELOVED MOTHER THESE VERSES ARE INSCRIBED, BY KATE L. WHEELER. “Thou’lt ne’er be poor nor quite alone, Whilst thou a mother call’st thine own.” CONTENTS. The Old Granite State, 1 Thy Place, 2 Constancy, 3 Fairest Days, 4 My Petition, 5 Imperishable Melodies, 6 Mother, 7 Hidden Treasures, 9 In Life and Death, 10 Progress, 11 Only a Little Fellow, 12 Under the Pines, 14 Prayer, 15 Our Baby, 17 A Halo, 18 The Deserted Farm, 19 Seed Thoughts, 22 School, 23 The Graces, 25 Sunshine, 26 “What Shall It Profit?” 27 What He Said, 29 Home Lights, 30 Clouds and Comfort, 33 Action, 34 “For You I am Praying,” 35 Sincerity, 36 The Veiled Future, 37 Labor of Love, 39 Do Your Best, 40 Immortality, 41 In the Hall, 42 At Night, 43 Only, 44 The Holy Dream, 45 Harmony and Heaven, 48 The Dandelion, 49 Lives and Leaves, 50 To-Day, 51 Darkness and Daylight, 53 Within the Gates, 54 Over-Sight, 55 Going Home, 56 The Gardener, 58 At York, 59 Peace, 61 She Sleeps, 62 Affluence, 65 Christ Divine, 66 In After Years, 67 Faith, 69 United Effort, 70 My Soul, 71