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A WISH OF FRIENDSHIP.
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Red Beach, Me., upon St. Andrew's Bay, is most charmingly situated, commanding a view of that beautiful sheet of water for twenty miles. The following grew out of a night's entertainment beneath the roof of an early schoolmate of the writer:
Fair Nature here convenes her joyous court,
And reigns with sylvan splendor o'er the scene;
Her banners gayly in the trees disport,
And bird and wave and foliage praise their queen.
And reigns with sylvan splendor o'er the scene;
Her banners gayly in the trees disport,
And bird and wave and foliage praise their queen.
'T were blissful here to spend life's little day,
To live 'mid beauties that enchanting press,
Where charms salute the eyes where'er they stray,
And everything conspires the heart to bless.
To live 'mid beauties that enchanting press,
Where charms salute the eyes where'er they stray,
And everything conspires the heart to bless.
Below, far-reaching, gleams the watery path,
Whose gentle story falls upon my ear;
And graceful is the theme the water hath,
Which my soothed spirit bows itself to hear.
Whose gentle story falls upon my ear;
And graceful is the theme the water hath,
Which my soothed spirit bows itself to hear.
My friend, thus happy in your blest estate,
May no obtrusive care disturb the scene,
But Peace, fair spirit, ever on you wait,
And crown your passing hours with joy serene!
May no obtrusive care disturb the scene,
But Peace, fair spirit, ever on you wait,
And crown your passing hours with joy serene!
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'T is friendship's holiest prayer that Heaven may send
A heart to feel the blessings round you cast,
That your own soul with Nature's charms may blend,
And live in holy union to the last!
A heart to feel the blessings round you cast,
That your own soul with Nature's charms may blend,
And live in holy union to the last!
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