The Gift of Affection: A Christmas and New-Year's Present (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Fields, James Thomas

9781331107507: The Gift of Affection: A Christmas and New-Year's Present (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 1331107504 ISBN 13: 9781331107507

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Gift of Affection: A Christmas and New-Year's Present

I had taken up my position under the portico of one of those vast palaces with which Ravenna abounds, and whose splendors recall its ancient importance, and contrast so forcibly with its pres ent decayed and deserted appearance.

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Excerpt from The Gift of Affection: A Christmas and New-Year's Present

The Gift.

Friendship.

Friendship, thou gem of the sea, for there
Echoeth thy gladness as everywhere!
Thou art not dependent on place or time,
But free forever in every clime:
Let the billows rage in their loftiest pride, -
Say, shall their waves thee from thine divide?
Let the dreary calm spread her gloom around,
The vessel is stopped; but is friendship bound?
Oh! wingeth it rather its ceaseless flight
To the scenes of day from the clouds of night,
Or pauseth a while o'er some valued friend,
Whose hope knows no sleeping, whose love no end;
But yet, though given to wander far.
And welcome on earth as the morning star,
Thou wilt sometimes hide from the worlds cold gaze,
Which will not be warmed by thy gentle rays:
For thou, like the pearl of the sea, a while
Veiling the joyfulness of thy smile.
In the innermost shrine of the heart dost lie,
Deep in the depths of her secrecy!

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.