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WRITTENSOONAFTERTHEPRECEDINGPOEM

writtensoonaftertheprecedingpoem

thoushould'sthavelongerliv'd,andtothegrave

havepeacefullygonedowninfulloldage!

thychildrenwouldhavetendedthygrayhairs.

wemighthavesat,aswehaveoftendone,

byourfireside,andtalk'dwholenightsaway,

oldtimes,oldfriends,andoldeventsrecalling;

withmanyacircumstance,oftrivialnote,

tomemorydear,andofimportancegrown.

howshallwetelltheminastranger'sear?

awaywardsonofttimeswasitothee;

andyet,inallourlittlebickerings,

domesticjars,therewas,iknownotwhat,

oftenderfeeling,thatwereillexchang'd

forthisworld'schillingfriendships,andtheirsmiles

familiar,whomtheheartcallsstrangersstill.

aheavylothathhe,mostwretchedman!

wholivesthelastofallhisfamily.

helooksaroundhim,andhiseyediscerns

thefaceofthestranger,andhisheartissick.

manoftheworld,whatcanstthoudoforhim?

wealthisaburden,whichhecouldnotbear;

mirthastrangecrime,thewhichhedaresnotact;

andwinenocordial,butabittercup.

forwoundslikehischrististheonlycure,

andgospelpromisesarehisbyright,

fortheseweregiventothepoorinheart.

go,preachthoutohimofaworldtocome,

wherefriendsshallmeet,andknoweachother'sface.

saylessthanthis,andsayittothewinds.

october,1797.

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