I WANT a warm and faithful friend, To cheer the adverse hour; Who ne’er to flatter will descend, Nor bend the knee to power; A friend to chide me when I’m wrong; My inmost soul to see; And that my friendship prove as strong For him as his for me.
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SOME little token of regard, You wish from me to claim; But as time is pressing hard, I will but write my name.
EVERY joy that heaven can send; Wealth, and every kind of treasure;— Health and love to thee, my friend, And happiness without measure.
IN future years, should trusted friends Depart like summer birds; And all the comfort memory lends, Is false and honeyed words, Turn then to me who fain would prove, However thy lot be cast, That naught his heart can ever move From friendship of the past.
MAY your path be strewn with roses, Fair and flowery to the end; And when your body in death reposes, May your Maker be your friend.
WELL, ----, I surely would like to please; But can’t think what to say. All your friends have wishes bright, To cheer your life so gay.
I will add: May all their words Be symbols of love and truth; That when you grow weary, and seek for rest, You will rejoice in the friends of your youth.
TO write in your Album, dear friend you ask; Ah, well! it is not such a difficult task. All I can say is contained here in one line: May the blessings of Heaven forever be thine.
LET not our friendship be like the rose, to sever; But, like the evergreen, may it last forever.
HE who does good to another, does also good to himself—not only in the act, but in the consciousness of well-doing is his reward.
IN the evening of life, cherish the remembrance of one who loved thee in its morning.
SPEAK of me kindly when life’s dreams are o’er; Speak of me gently when I am no more.
SAFELY down Life’s ebbing tide, May our vessels smoothly glide, And anchor side by side—in heaven.
THAT Hope and you, Bright days will view.
GUARD well thy thoughts; our thoughts are heard in heaven.
MAY He who hath pencilled the leaves with beauty, given the flowers their bloom, and lent music to the lay of the timid bird, graciously remember thee in that day when He shall gather His jewels.