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FRIENDSHIP
27

Two solitary stars—
Unmeasured systems far
Between us roll;
But by our conscious light we are
Determined to one pole.


What need confound the sphere?—
Love can afford to wait;
For it no hour 's too late
That witnesseth one duty's end,
Or to another doth beginning lend.


It will subserve no use,
More than the tints of flowers;
Only the independent guest
Frequents its bowers,
Inherits its bequest.