{"product_id":"2940148183457","title":"The home (Illustrated)","description":"I hear a deep voice through uneasy dreaming,\u003cbr\u003eA deep, soft, tender, soul-beguiling voice;\u003cbr\u003eA lulling voice that bids the dreams remain,\u003cbr\u003eThat calms my restlessness and dulls my pain,\u003cbr\u003eThat thrills and fills and holds me till in seeming\u003cbr\u003eThere is no other sound on earth—no choice.\u003cbr\u003e\"Home!\" says the deep voice, \"Home!\" and softly singing\u003cbr\u003eBrings me a sense of safety unsurpassed;\u003cbr\u003eSo old! so old! The piles above the wave—\u003cbr\u003eThe shelter of the stone-blocked, shadowy cave—\u003cbr\u003eSecurity of sun-kissed treetops swinging—\u003cbr\u003eSafety and Home at last!\u003cbr\u003e\"Home\" says the sweet voice, and warm Comfort rises,\u003cbr\u003eHolding my soul with velvet-fingered hands;\u003cbr\u003eComfort of leafy lair and lapping fur,\u003cbr\u003eSoft couches, cushions, curtains, and the stir\u003cbr\u003eOf easy pleasures that the body prizes,\u003cbr\u003eOf soft, swift feet to serve the least commands.\u003cbr\u003eI shrink—half rise—and then it murmurs \"Duty!\"\u003cbr\u003eAgain the past rolls out—a scroll unfurled;\u003cbr\u003eAllegiance and long labor due my lord—\u003cbr\u003eAllegiance in an idleness abhorred—\u003cbr\u003eI am the squaw—the slave—the harem beauty—\u003cbr\u003eI serve and serve, the handmaid of the world.\u003cbr\u003eMy soul rebels—but hark! a new note thrilling,\u003cbr\u003eDeep, deep, past finding—I protest no more;\u003cbr\u003eThe voice says \"Love!\" and all those ages dim\u003cbr\u003eStand glorified and justified in him;\u003cbr\u003eI bow—I kneel—the woman soul is willing—\u003cbr\u003e\"Love is the law. Be still! Obey! Adore!\"\u003cbr\u003eAnd then—ah, then! The deep voice murmurs \"Mother!\"\u003cbr\u003eAnd all life answers from the primal sea;\u003cbr\u003eA mingling of all lullabies; a peace\u003cbr\u003eThat asks no understanding; the release\u003cbr\u003eOf nature's holiest power—who seeks another?\u003cbr\u003eHome? Home is Mother—Mother, Home—to me.\u003cbr\u003e\"Home!\" says the deep voice; \"Home and Easy Pleasure!\u003cbr\u003eSafety and Comfort, Laws of Life well kept!\u003cbr\u003eLove!\" and my heart rose thrilling at the word;\u003cbr\u003e\"Mother!\" it nestled down and never stirred;\u003cbr\u003e\"Duty and Peace and Love beyond all measure!\u003cbr\u003eHome! Safety! Comfort! Mother!\"—and I slept.","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072574996720,"sku":"2940148183457","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148183457_p0.jpg?v=1763698253","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148183457","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}