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The Nest of Affection

And love is a nest and a great embrace,
that encloses life and drives away all pain,
there where the father bends with affection,
and the mother watches over, and the whole world fades

 Kostis Palamas, Songs of My Homeland (1886) - Section "Small Poems",

Published in Collected Works of Kostis Palamas, Volume 1, Hellenic Publishing Company.