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a1699 J. Beaumont Orig. Poems Eng. & Lat. (1749) 51 But Home, sweet Home, releaseth me From anxious Joys.

1796 tr. Dulce Domum (song) in Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 209/1 Home, the seat of joy and pleasure, Home, sweet home, inspires our lay!

1800 E. Sandham Trifles 169 Though a ramble of this sort was sometimes pleasant,—‘home—sweet home’, is always welcome.

1822 J. H. Payne (song) (title) Home, sweet home.

1881 E. H. Hickey Sculptor 60 Home, sweet home! at last, in the own country.

1901 H. F. Gordon Ocean Heroes xi. 161 So the returned invalid, with the words tenderly whispered, ‘Home, sweet home,’ started by train, and arrived safely at the Rectory.

1963 A. Baraka Blues People vii. 88 The bee gets the honey and brings it to the comb, Else he's kicked out of his home sweet home.

1991 C. Hiaasen Native Tongue xx. 171 Carrie turned a corner into a trailer park, and coasted the car to the end of a narrow gravel lane. ‘Home sweet home,’ she said.