Poems; original and translated by Charles Rann Kennedy ... and Two Poems by the Rev. Rann Kennedy. New Edition. By Charles Rann Kennedy |
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FRIENDSHIP. |
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FRIENDSHIP.
As oft the star that shines at eventideConsoles the hapless wanderer on his way
With kind assurance of a gentle ray,
His solitude to cheer, his path to guide:
Tis thus when man is by misfortune tried,
Some gentle presence doth his fears allay,
When he with comfort to his heart can say,
That truth and pity still on earth abide.
Eternal Goodness! from thy spirit flows
The beam of mercy, kindled at our birth
In human hearts, to soften mortal woes:
Without which all were chaos on the earth,
A wilderness of dark deformity,
Void of the light that elevates to thee.
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