Content the man,
Content his life,
Who virtue finds
Beside a wife.
Content the woman
Who gives her best
To make a home
Of love’s sweet nest.
Content the heart
That finds a home
Beside the hearth,
No need to roam.
Content the home
Where all who stay
Warm welcome find
Along life’s way.
first published in Penned From The Heart Devotional
©1997 Bonnie Manion