FRIENDSHIP! thou sweet, balsamic pow’r,
Which soothes affliction’s trying hour,
And with a ray divine
Illumes the dreary path of life,
Checking resentment–healing strife,
On me , bright Goddess, shine!
Oft have I felt thy potent art
Expand each feeling of my heart,
At thy benign decree!
Have I not seen the purse unfold,
With proffer’d use of friendship’s gold,
When care usurp’d my breast?
Oh H—-! can I forget that day,
When on my table bank-notes lay,
Conceiving me distress’d?
Or can I e’er one hour forget,
The marks of kindness and respect
Thy lov’d Eliza pays?
Ah no! engraven on my breast
Is ev’ry proof of friendship dress’d
With hospitable rays!
Rays, which to me are more than bright,
Because sincerity’s pure light
Shines forth in artless strains .
Long may ye both display that worth
Which shines transcendent on this earth,
Devoid of care or pains!
(Mary Hopkins Pilkington)
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