Home Poems

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Home Poems

by Kate Louise Wheeler

EN·~1 hours·101 chapters

Chapters

101 total
1

HOME POEMS,

2:41
2

THE OLD GRANITE STATE.

0:54
3

THY PLACE.

0:41
4

CONSTANCY.

0:23
5

FAIREST DAYS.

0:34
6

MY PETITION.

0:27
7

IMPERISHABLE MELODIES.

0:40
8

MOTHER.

2:05
9

HIDDEN TREASURES.

0:29
10

IN LIFE AND DEATH.

0:25

Description

A modest yet heartfelt collection, this volume offers a window into the everyday devotion of a young New Hampshire girl at the turn of the century. The poems blend simple Christian encouragement with vivid sketches of New England’s hills, farms, and seasonal rhythms, creating a gentle chorus of gratitude and purpose. Readers are invited to share in quiet moments of prayer, family affection, and the quiet resolve that steadies both work and worship.

Spanning themes from state pride and youthful earnestness to tender love‑letters and reflections on perseverance, each piece carries an unpretentious rhythm that feels both familiar and uplifting. The verses celebrate ordinary tasks—tending a garden, ringing home lights, schooling a child—while hinting at larger, timeless hopes for kindness and steadfastness. Listeners will find comfort in the steady cadence of faith‑filled lyric, a reminder that even humble efforts can echo like granite across a lifelong journey.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (87K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2016-08-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Kate Louise Wheeler

A little-known 19th-century American poet, she left behind a warm, heartfelt collection rooted in faith, family, and the feeling of home. Her verses have the gentle, earnest spirit of someone writing for her community rather than for fame.

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