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THE KIND OLD FRIENDLY FEELINGS.
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The kind old friendly feelings!We have their spirit yet—
Though years and years have passed, old friend,
Since thou and I last met!
And something of gray Time's advance
Speaks in thy fading eye;
Yet 'tis the same good, honest glance
I loved in times gone by!
Ere the kind old friendly feelings
Had ever brought one sigh!
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The warm old friendly feelings!Ah, who need yet be told,
No other links can bind the heart
Like those loved links of old!
Thy hand I joyed in youth to clasp
The touch of age may show;
Yet, 'tis the same true, hearty grasp
I loved so long ago!
Ere the last old friendly feelings
Had taught one tear to flow!
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The kind, old friendly feelings!Oh, seem they e'er less dear
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May meet us with a tear?
Though hopes we shared,—the early beams
Ambition showed our way,—
Have fled, dear friend, like morning dreams
Before Truth's searching ray;—
Still we've kept the kind old feelings
That blessed our youthful day!
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