1.
SWEET is the Cottage on the hill,
Sweet the wild flow’ret of the Vale,
Sweet is the dear mellifluous rill,
And sweeter still the Summer Gale.
2.
In vain the fragrant flow’rets bloom,
Without Affection’s gladdening ray,
Whose smile can brighten every gloom,
And charm the sense of grief away.
3.
Yes, sweet Affection! gentle power!
So warm in Youth, in Age so calm,
Tis thine to cheer the pensive hour,
With sweetest, softest, kindest balm.
4.
In the lone anguish of the mind,
To bid the broken heart rejoice,
To waken rapture most refined,
In listening to thy welcome voice.
5.
To touch each soul commanding string,
And sooth each passion into peace,
While beaming hope, with fluttering wing,
And heart elate, bids Sorrow cease.
6.
In deep distress and silent woe,
How sweet is Friendship’s tearful eye!
With quicker life the feelings glow,
When those we love return the sigh,
7.
When joy surrounds our brilliant days,
In public life, or calm retreat,
Friendship shed her gentle rays,
To make the dawn of bliss complete.
8.
In vain does every pleasure shine,
Which Youth can wish or wealth impart,
In vain do beauty’s charms combine,
Affection, only, glads the heart.
9.
The kindred bosom sooths our fears,
A heart congenial quickens joy,
Which fresh in Youth and bright in years,
Not Death itself can e’er destroy.
10.
Thro’ every scene Affection glows,
And sacred still is Friendship’s shrine,
There only blooms fair pleasure’s rose,
More fragrant still in life’s decline.
11.
And when the heaven-born Soul ascends,
Enraptured to its native sky,
Still faithful friendship never ends,
But blooms thro’ Immortality.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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