For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn,
Or busy housewife ply her evening care:
No children run to lisp their sire's return,
Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
熊熊炉中火，不为先人焚。
不复有主妇，殷勤理家政。
无复小儿女，趋奔迎父亲，
竞上慈父膝，偎爱又接吻。