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A POSTSCRIPT;
IN THE LAST LEAF OF THE SAME VOLUME. ADDED SOME YEARS AFTER.
Since the foregoing lines were writ,
Years have flown by, as years will flit,
Succeeding one another;
And thou, a blissful maiden then,
Hast added claims to prompt my pen,
A grateful wife and mother.
Years have flown by, as years will flit,
Succeeding one another;
And thou, a blissful maiden then,
Hast added claims to prompt my pen,
A grateful wife and mother.
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The sweetest rose will have its thorn;
And passing clouds the brightest morn
May shade with transient sadness;
So of the ills life needs must bear,
Thou mayst, dear friend, have had a share,
To make more prized its gladness.
And passing clouds the brightest morn
May shade with transient sadness;
So of the ills life needs must bear,
Thou mayst, dear friend, have had a share,
To make more prized its gladness.
But—be the future like the past;
And thou mayst confidently cast
Thy cares on Him—who careth
For them whose filial trust and love,
First seek His blessing from above,
Who all their burthens beareth!
And thou mayst confidently cast
Thy cares on Him—who careth
For them whose filial trust and love,
First seek His blessing from above,
Who all their burthens beareth!
1845.
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