STRONG and elastic is the mind of youth,
Rebounding from the recent stroke of pain;
But sage experience tells the bitter truth,
That it must sink, and never rise again.
Repeated sorrow weakens ev’ry spring,
And blunts the wonted ardour of the mind;
Affliction lodges her enduring sting,
And leaves, alas how soon! a dart behind.
Yet when we sink beneath the ruthless storm,
Or fainting journey on the toilsome road;
Some tender spirit, wearing friendship’s form,
Perchance the balm of comfort has bestow’d.
What golden mine her riches can supply,
To pay the boundless debt of heavenborn sympathy.
(Elizabeth Bath)
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