Lines written from home

There is a friendly roof, I know
might shield me from the wintry blast;
warm hands are there,
that, clasped in mine,
the warmer heart will not belie.
The ice that gathers round my heart
may be thawed; that thought
shall be my hope;
while such a home remains to me,
my heart shall never know despair.
Anne Brontë (1820-1849)