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COMPENSATIONS.
Why are we left to stand alone,
With all gone by that made life dearer?
The friends we seek clasp hands and part,
The souls we love draw throbbing near us,
Eye speaks to eye, heart leans on heart,
Then naught remains to help or cheer us!"
With all gone by that made life dearer?
The friends we seek clasp hands and part,
The souls we love draw throbbing near us,
Eye speaks to eye, heart leans on heart,
Then naught remains to help or cheer us!"
"And yet, and yet,"the voice rang clear,
And proud as love and faith could make it,—
"While memory holds your friendship near
Can loss or change or sorrow break it?
Soul meets with soul;—an instant's ray
Can forge a chain no time can sever;
Through life, through death, by night and day,
Thus meeting once they meet forever!"
And proud as love and faith could make it,—
"While memory holds your friendship near
Can loss or change or sorrow break it?
Soul meets with soul;—an instant's ray
Can forge a chain no time can sever;
Through life, through death, by night and day,
Thus meeting once they meet forever!"
