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Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
This earth hath not a feeling given So holy and so fair— So like the intercourse in heaven, Which blessed spirits share— As those sweet friendships which entwine Young kindred hearts around; And make an earthly Eden shine In home's delightful sound. Bright seraphs, pausing on the wing, Might gaze on and approve That beautiful and precious thing, An elder sister's love! How wisely will her lips impart The words of peace and truth; And counsel an unpractised heart, To shun the snares of youth. And when for faults of forward will E'en parents kind reprove, How soothing in that hour of ill Appears a sister's love! Oh, prize her well! The world's caress Is but for summer hours; Withdrawn in seasons of distress, When winter darkly lowers. But when the troublous storms of life On thy frail bark descend, More precious 'midst its bitter strife, Thou'lt find so true a friend. And let adversity's stern test Each flatterer far remove, A stricken heart will still find rest In some fond sister's love.
Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. |
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