The Poetical Remains of the late Dr. John Leyden with Memoirs of his Life, by the Rev. James Morton |
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ON
PARTING WITH A FRIEND
ON A JOURNEY.
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ON PARTING WITH A FRIEND ON A JOURNEY.
WRITTEN IN 1797.
As o'er the downs expanding silver-grayYou pass, dear friend, your altered form I view
Diminish'd to a shadow dim and blue,
As oft I turn to gaze with fond delay.—
Alas that youthful friendships thus decay!
While fame or fortune's dizzy heights we scale,
Or through the mazy windings of the vale
Of busy life pursue our separate way.—
Too soon by nature's rigid laws we part,
Too soon the moments of affection fly,
Nor from the grave shall one responsive sigh
Breathe soft to soothe the sad survivor's heart!
Ah! that when life's brief course so soon is o'er,
We e'er should friendship's broken tie deplore.
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