Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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ON PARTING FROM A FRIEND. |
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ON PARTING FROM A FRIEND.
As forcing streams the solid land divide,And rising mounds disjoin the yielding tide;
As the keen wedge, imprest with pow'rful stroke,
Rending the bark, divides the stubborn oak:
So time or fate the dearest ties may part,
Yet change not nature, tho' they rend the heart,
That, like the rivers parted from the main,
Are but disjoin'd to re-unite again.
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