Poesy

You smile upon your friend to-day

You smile upon your friend to-day,To-day his ills are over;You hearken to the lover's say,And happy is the lover.

'Tis late to hearken, late to smile,But better late than never:I shall have lived a little whileBefore I die for ever.

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