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Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881], at sacred-texts.com


p. 123

TO A FRIEND,

ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

WHEN born, in tears we saw thee drowned,
  While thine assembled friends around
  With smiles their joy confessed:
So live, that at thy parting hour,
They may the flood of sorrow pour,
  And thou in smiles be dressed.


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