MEETING oF pHREE FRIENps.


 Parted many toil spent year, pledg' q in youth to mem'ry dear, Still to friendships magnet true, We our social joys renew, Bound by Loves unseyer'd chain Here on earth we meet again! But our bower, sunk by decay, Wasting time has swept away, And the youthful evergreen I.opp'd by death no more is seen; Bleak the winds, sweep o'er the plain When in age we meet again! Many friend we used to greet Here on earth no more we meet: Oft the funeral Ignell has rang, Many heart has sorrow stung, Since we parted onthis plain, Fearing ne'cr to meet again! Worn with toil, and sunk with years, We soon shall quit this vale of tears; And these hoary locks be laid, Low in cold obliyion's shade; But where saints and angels reign, We three hope to meet again!

 