| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | Birds of Passage | Flight the Fifth.
Song: “Stay, stay at home my heart, and rest” |
| | | STAY, stay at home, my heart, and rest; | |
| Home-keeping hearts are happiest, | |
| For those that wander they know not where | |
| Are full of trouble and full of care; | |
| To stay at home is best. | 5 |
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| Weary and homesick and distressed, | |
| They wander east, they wander west, | |
| And are baffled and beaten and blown about | |
| By the winds of the wilderness of doubt; | |
| To stay at home is best. | 10 |
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| Then stay at home, my heart, and rest; | |
| The bird is safest in its nest; | |
| O’er all that flutter their wings and fly | |
| A hawk is hovering in the sky; | |
| To stay at home is best. | 15 | | | |
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