WHENE’ER, my friend, this lamp I see,
My grateful thoughts will warm tow’rds thee;
Not with a blue , or vap’rous light,
But from true friendship, glowing, bright;
For friendship’s light must ever shine
With radiance almost divine!
But to my lamp again I turn,
And though in August, see it burn
With radiance brilliant, pure, and bright,
As in December’s chilly night.
A two-fold purpose I shall make
This said lamp serve–for prudence sake;
Not merely warming a tin-pot,
But keeping a rump-steak quite hot;
Or, should rich ven’son, fat and fair,
E’er fall to a poor author’s share,
Then shall my lamp with pride appear,
Fresh trimm’d–fresh burnish’d–bright and clear!
And as my plate upon it stands,
Mary–the currant jelly hands;
To give what epicures term go
(Mary Hopkins Pilkington)
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