THE star which comes at close of day to shine More heavenly bright than when it leads the morn, Is friendship's emblem, whether the forlorn She visiteth, or, shedding light benign Through shades that solemnize Life's calm decline, Doth make the happy happier. This have we Learnt, Isabel, from thy society, Which now we too unwillingly resign Though for brief absence. But farewell! the page Glimmers before my sight through thankful tears, Such as start forth, not seldom, to approve Our truth, when we, old yet unchilled by age, Call thee, though known but for a few fleet years, The heart-affianced sister of our love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 8 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG FOR COLIN by SARA TEASDALE A HYMN OF FORM by GORDON BOTTOMLEY EXTEMPORE LINES IN ANSWER TO A CARD by ROBERT BURNS TO THE LAKES by WILLIAM WILFRED CAMPBELL INDIAN SUMMER by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN TALES OF THE HALL: BOOK 20. THE CATHEDRAL-WALK by GEORGE CRABBE |