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VERSES
TO AN OLD AND TRIED FRIEND.
For truest friendship, love sincere,
Unnumber'd acts of kindness shown;
Accept, I ask it with a tear,
The thanks which justly are thy own.
Unnumber'd acts of kindness shown;
Accept, I ask it with a tear,
The thanks which justly are thy own.
Long, long hast thou indulgent shared
My hours of bliss, my days of grief;
For all my sorrows kindly cared,
And to my troubles brought relief.
My hours of bliss, my days of grief;
For all my sorrows kindly cared,
And to my troubles brought relief.
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Whether again we meet or not
The powers above can only know;
But sure I am, whate'er my lot,
My heart with love for thee shall glow.
The powers above can only know;
But sure I am, whate'er my lot,
My heart with love for thee shall glow.
Farewell! one silent starting tear
My deep-felt gratitude shall own;
But ah! the debt contracted here,
God can repay in Heaven alone.
My deep-felt gratitude shall own;
But ah! the debt contracted here,
God can repay in Heaven alone.
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