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TO A FRIEND.
LEAVE me not, thou brightest one!
All is joy when thou art near;
Thou canst teach my soul to shun
Paths of gloom and thoughts of fear.
All is joy when thou art near;
Thou canst teach my soul to shun
Paths of gloom and thoughts of fear.
I am like the cloud of night,
Wrapped in gloom and mystery;
Thou the beaming morning light,
Causing all its gloom to flee.
Wrapped in gloom and mystery;
Thou the beaming morning light,
Causing all its gloom to flee.
I am like the airy kite,
Soaring in the sky above,—
Guided in my lofty flight
By the thread of thy sweet Love;—
Soaring in the sky above,—
Guided in my lofty flight
By the thread of thy sweet Love;—
Ah! should fate the thread divide,
That connects my heart with thine,
Wavering, then, without a guide,
Darkness and despair are mine!
That connects my heart with thine,
Wavering, then, without a guide,
Darkness and despair are mine!
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