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> [It takes a heap o' children to make a home that's true,And home can be a palace grand, or just a plain, old shoe;But if it has a mother dear, and a good old dad or two,Why, that's the sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/it-takes-a-heap-o-children-to-make-a-home-that-s-true-and-home-can-be/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

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## More by Louis Untermeyer

> [From compromise and things half done, Keep me with stern and stubborn pride; And when at last the fight is won, God, keep me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/from-compromise-and-things-half-done-keep-me-with-stern-and-stubborn/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [Poetry is the power of defining the indefinable in terms of the unforgettable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/poetry-is-the-power-of-defining-the-indefinable-in-terms-of-the/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [God, though this life is but a wraith, Although we know not what we use, Although we grope with little faith, Give me the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/god-though-this-life-is-but-a-wraith-although-we-know-not-what-we-use/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as the Muse. a matching and shifting of vowels and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/every-poet-knows-the-pun-is-pierian-that-it-springs-from-the-same/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [Life, alas, is very drear. Up with the glass! Down with the beer!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/life-alas-is-very-drear-up-with-the-glass-down-with-the-beer/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [Nothing but blackness above And nothing that moves but the cars... God, if you wish for our love, Fling us a handful of stars!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/nothing-but-blackness-above-and-nothing-that-moves-but-the-cars-god/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [What hymns are sung. What praises said. For homemade miracles of bread?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/what-hymns-are-sung-what-praises-said-for-homemade-miracles-of-bread/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [Why has our poetry eschewed The rapture and response of food? What hymns are sung and praises said For the home made miracle of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/why-has-our-poetry-eschewed-the-rapture-and-response-of-food-what/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [Why has our poetry eschewed The rapture and response of food? What hymns are sung, what praises said For home-made miracles of bread?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/why-has-our-poetry-eschewed-the-rapture-and-response-of-food-what-2/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [And fathers are a blessing, too, they give the place a tone; In fact each child should try and have some parents of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/and-fathers-are-a-blessing-too-they-give-the-place-a-tone-in-fact/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [Friendship is like love at its best; not blind but sympathetically all-seeing; a support which does not wait for understanding; an act of faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/friendship-is-like-love-at-its-best-not-blind-but-sympathetically-all/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [Laughter shall drown the raucous shout; And, though these shelt'ring walls are thin, May they be strong to keep hate out And hold love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/laughter-shall-drown-the-raucous-shout-and-though-these-shelt-ring/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [She has something to say about what life is like-which is all we ask of poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/she-has-something-to-say-about-what-life-is-like-which-is-all-we-ask/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/write-out-of-love-write-out-of-instinct-write-out-of-reason-but/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

> [It takes a heap o' children to make a home that's true,And home can be a palace grand, or just a plain, old shoe;But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-untermeyer/it-takes-a-heap-o-children-to-make-a-home-that-s-true-and-home-can-be/)

[Louis Untermeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-untermeyer/)

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