"America for Me"

During our non-translated Relief Society Meeting today, my American friend, Amy, was reading one of Gordon B. Hinckley's books. In it he quoted the poem, "America for Me", by Henry Van Dyke. The first two stanzas sum up how I feel as I near the end of my year in Italy.

"Tis fine to see the Old World and travel up and down

Among the famous palaces and cities of renown,

To admire the crumbly castles and the statues and kings

But now I think I've had enough of antiquated things.

So it's home again, and home again, America for me!

My heart is turning home again and there I long to be,

In the land of youth and freedom, beyond the ocean bars,

Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

Thank you, Henry Van Dyke, for expressing my sentiments so eloquently!

Home again, and home again, America for me!