text:  Since on my native Ghazna Thy smile of favour fell How its blood and toil and treasure Have been thine thou knowest well! Its Fiercest swell thine armies Its Fairest serve thy throne But in return hast thou not sworn Our _hearths_ should be our own? That each man's private dwelling And each man's spouse and child Should from thy mightiest Satrap Be safe and undefiled? Just Allah!--hear how Mahmood His kingly oath maintains!-- Amid the suburbs far away I deemed secure my dwelling lay Yet now two nights my lone Serai A villain's step profanes