1.
MORE bright than Morning’s brightest glow
Is Friendship’s pure and ambient fire,
Pure as the bliss which Angels know,
Which Seraphs feel, and Saints inspire.
2.
It mantles on the cheek of youth,
More radiant than the Summer Rose;
The eye of Age, illumed by Truth,
And faith sincere, with beauty glows.
3.
It dawns upon Affliction’s night,
More radiant than the Morning Star,
When sparkling on the Throne of Light
On Alpine Snows she shines afar.
4.
Through lapse of years, in every clime
Her steady lustre braves the storm;
Pierces the gloom with hope sublime,
Lights the dim eye with raptures warm.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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