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Poems (Markham)/Hearts may warm the winter

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4642213Poems — Hearts may warm the winterElizabeth Markham
Hearts May Warm the Winter
Hearts may warm the winter,Hearts will melt the snow;If, while hopes are freezing,Friendship be not so.
Worlds of ice may bound us,Hearts will break their chains,While our friends surround us,While their love remains.
Household gods lie scatteredRound the ruined hearth.Do we mourn them shattered,Do we weep their dearth?
No; if love but cheer usOn our withered way;Friendship, too, keep near us,What of their decay?E. M.Oregon Spectator, January 11, 1849.