Before a day was over, Home comes the rover, For mother’s kiss — sweeter this Than any other thing!

These lines celebrate the magnetic pull of home and maternal affection. The “rover” suggests a child (or youthful wanderer) tempted by the wider world, yet returning quickly—“before a day was over”—because the emotional security of home outweighs any adventure. The mother’s kiss is presented as the supreme comfort, “sweeter” than all other pleasures, implying that love and belonging are not merely sentimental but foundational needs. The sing-song rhyme and simple diction reinforce a nursery-lyric quality, aligning the sentiment with childhood experience and the moral that the truest riches are intimate and domestic rather than distant or grand.