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John Howard Payne Quotes

1791–1852 United States

John Howard Payne (9 June 1791 – 10 April 1852) was an American actor, playwright, author and statesman. He is today most remembered as the creator of "Home Sweet Home", a song he wrote in 1822.

United States
19th-century poets
Actors
Composers
Playwrights

Also known as: J. Howard Payne, Payne, John Howard

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'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there 's no place like home;
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,
Which sought through the world is ne'er met with elsewhere.

An exile from home splendour dazzles in vain,
Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again;
The birds singing gayly, that came at my call,
Give me them, and that peace of mind dearer than all.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Howard Payne (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.