I stood on the rocky shore and waved a tablecloth tied to a boat-hook till the vessel was hull down on the horizon, and then turned my face to my island home, not feeling nearly so happy as I had anticipated a month before.
Though sweet be its wooing air, I never would roam from my island home, To scenes though fair!
They have no charms for me; I never would roam from my island home, Though poor it be!
I heed not its tempting glare; In vain should I roam from my island home, For skies more fair!
Though bright be its sparkling seas, I never would roam from my island home, For charms like these!
Where did you learn the name by which I am called in my island home?
On board the good steamer "Island Home," a two hours' sail carries us over that distance which separates Cape Cod from Nantucket.
No brighter or sunnier day could be wished for than the one on which the Island Home steamed out from Wood's Hole into the Vineyard Sound for the sea-girt isle.
We saw the smoke of the Island Home, looking at first as if rising out of the Sound; then her funnel appeared, and at length her hull rose into view; but she was come within a mile of us before I could distinguish her walking-beam.
Mr. Shepard asked me a few questions about my island home, which was the only time in all my stay that my home or my parents were ever mentioned to me.
Before going away the world did not seem to reach out very far beyond our island home, now it began to seem like a great big world to me, and many were the questions I asked John, which he was always glad to answer.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith and many more wished us "God speed" on the way across the water to our "Island home.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "island home" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
