Come, Friendship, with thy sweetly-pleasing pow’r,
Teach me to calm my dear-lov’d Silvia’s breast:
Shed thy kind influ’nce o’er the gloomy hour,
And sooth her ev’ry anxious care to rest.
Tell her, that Providence, immensely kind,
Through all events its guardian care extends;
Nor can a real grief oppress her mind,
But even That grief unerring wisdom sends.
Oft, when imaginary woes oppress,
A dark cloud rises, and we shrink with fear;
Perhaps that very cloud is meant to bless,
And shed rich comforts on the coming year.
The ways of Providence, how kind! how wise!
From seeming ills what real good is born!
Nor can the heart its blessings learn to prize,
That, gay and thoughtless, never knew to mourn.
O may Silvia raise her wishes high!
With warm devotion may her bosom glow!
Pant for unmingled bliss beyond the sky,
And thankful own the gifts enjoy’d below.
(Ann Steele)
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