Poems (Taggart)/Woman's Sympathy
WOMAN'S SYMPATHY.TO A LADY.1828.
When doomed to agonizing pain,
And hope's dim taper cheerless burns,
Blest Sympathy, with voice benign,
Complaint to resignation turns.
And hope's dim taper cheerless burns,
Blest Sympathy, with voice benign,
Complaint to resignation turns.
From kindred dear, and much-loved friends,
It flows, the solace due to woe;
And, softly mingling, silent blends
With sweet affection's purest glow.
It flows, the solace due to woe;
And, softly mingling, silent blends
With sweet affection's purest glow.
But when from one, whom kindred ties,
Nor friendship's charm can fondly claim,
It wafts above the nether skies
The lasting sweetness of the name,
Nor friendship's charm can fondly claim,
It wafts above the nether skies
The lasting sweetness of the name,
And thus, thy sympathetic charm,
With seraph influence spreading wide,
Reaching where sorrow's billows roll,
Thrills a soft pleasure through the tide.
With seraph influence spreading wide,
Reaching where sorrow's billows roll,
Thrills a soft pleasure through the tide.
Long will remembrance fondly dwell
Upon thy truly piteous tear,
Shed at pale misery's lonely cell,
When hope was dead, and death was near.
Upon thy truly piteous tear,
Shed at pale misery's lonely cell,
When hope was dead, and death was near.
And gratitude shall e'er retain
The love and reverence due to thee,
While consolation's cordial breath
Dear to the comfortless shall be.
The love and reverence due to thee,
While consolation's cordial breath
Dear to the comfortless shall be.