To the tune of “The manly Heart.”
BRIGHT is the sunny ray which gleaming,
Gilds Summer’s dewdrop on the rose,
But true affection, fondly beaming
In Friendship’s eye, far brighter glows:
It speaks a language to the heart,
Which friendship only can impart.
Soft is the streamlet gently flowing,
Whose murmurs to the Zephyrs die;
But ah! far greater joy bestowing,
And sweeter far is Friendship’s sigh:
It sooths afflictions heaviest cares,
And banishes the mourner’s fears;
Forms the Soul for heav’nly love
With th’ harmonious choir above.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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