Poems of Felicia Hemans in The Casket, 1829/From the Italian

by Felicia Hemans

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FROM THE ITALIAN.

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Where shall I find, on all the fleeting earth,
This world of changes and farewells, a friend,
That will not fail me in his love and worth,
Tender and true, and stedfast to the end?

Far hath my spirit sought a place of rest,
Long on vain idols its devotion shed;
Some have forsaken whom I lov'd the best,
And some deceiv'd, and some are with the dead.

But Thou, my Saviour, Thou my hope and trust,
Faithful art Thou, when friends and joys depart;
Teach me to lift these yearnings from the dust,
And fix on Thee, th' unchanging one, my heart!

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