Juvenilia or, A collection of poems. Written between the ages of twelve and seventeen, by J. H. L. Hunt ... Fourth Edition |
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ON FRIENDSHIP.
------ Natura beatos
Omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti.
Claudian.
Omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti.
Claudian.
Happy the youth, whose early days
The sweets of Friendship charm away;
Content to breathe his humble lays
Simple and gay.
The sweets of Friendship charm away;
Content to breathe his humble lays
Simple and gay.
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Whose friend of senie and love is made,
Whose mind is dress'd as gay as Prior;
Whose Muse, when warm, that mind can shade,
When cold, can fire.
Whose mind is dress'd as gay as Prior;
Whose Muse, when warm, that mind can shade,
When cold, can fire.
Blest on a faithful breast to find
Wants, cares, and sorrows, glide away;
Unmov'd in body or in mind,
To chide the day.
Wants, cares, and sorrows, glide away;
Unmov'd in body or in mind,
To chide the day.
No thoughts at night except the dreams,
Together mixt of love and peace!
And musings fir'd with inward beams
Of heav'nly grace!
Together mixt of love and peace!
And musings fir'd with inward beams
Of heav'nly grace!
Thus let me live, known but by one,
Mourn'd but by one, my race thus end;
Forgot by all that race that run,
Except my friend!
Mourn'd but by one, my race thus end;
Forgot by all that race that run,
Except my friend!
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