Poems (Sherwin)/A request
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A REQUEST.
O give me but one friendly heart, Where I may safely fondly dwell, Where vile deceit hath not a part, To break hope's pure enchanting spell.
No vain regrets shall then be mine, I will not grieve that joy flies fast, But calmly unto Fate resign All else in life, till life be past.