{"id":206782,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/206782-a-home-song-poem-by-henry-van-dyke-1909","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/206782","headline":"\"A Home Song\" || Poem by Henry van Dyke (1909)","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003e \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;A Home Song\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI read within a poet's book\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA word that starred the page:\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Stone walls do not a prison make,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e     Nor iron bars a cage!\"\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eYes, that is true; and something more\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e    You'll find, where'er you roam,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat marble floors and gilded walls\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e    Can never make a home.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut every house where Love abides,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e     And Friendship is a guest,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs surely home, and home-sweet-home:\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e     For there the heart can rest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis poem is in the public domain.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry van Dyke Jr.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e (1852-1933) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, educator, poet and author. He was born in\u0026nbsp;Germantown, Pennsylvania\u0026nbsp;and was the son of Henry Jackson van Dyke Sr. a prominent Brooklyn Presbyterian clergyman known in the antebellum years for his anti-abolitionist views. Van Dyke Jr graduated from Princeton University and from Princeton Theological Seminary. He was pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City, professor of English literature at Princeton and U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands. Among his popular inspirational writings is the Christmas story, \"The Other Wise Man\" published in1896.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"         A Home SongI read within a poet's bookA word that starred the page:\"Stone walls do not a prison make,     Nor iron bars a cage!\"Yes, that is true; and something more    You'll find, where'er you roam,That marble floors and gilded walls    Can never make a home.But every house where Love abides,     And Friendship is a guest,Is surely home, and home-sweet-home:     For there the heart can rest.This poem is in the public domain.Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852-1933) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, educator, poet and author. He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania and was the son of Henry Jackson van Dyke Sr. a prominent Brooklyn Presbyterian clergyman known in the antebellum years for his anti-abolitionist views. Van Dyke Jr graduated from Princeton University and from Princeton Theological Seminary. He was pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City, professor of English literature at Princeton and U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands. Among his popular inspirational writings is the Christmas story, \"The Other Wise Man\" published in1896. ","published_at":"2026-08-06T04:35:00-07:00","updated_at":"2026-08-06T04:36:01-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Poetry Alley on Kudos365. View their post published Aug/06/2026 on Poetry. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"post","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","likes_count":1,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/206782-a-home-song-poem-by-henry-van-dyke-1909","headline":"\"A Home Song\" || Poem by Henry van Dyke (1909)","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"datePublished":"2026-08-06T04:35:00-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":1}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}