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 ::AID of the sweet, engaging smile!
 * Companion of our hours of peace!
 * Whose soothing arts can care beguile,
 * And bid discordant passions cease;
 * Virtue in thee her favorite hails,
 * And dwells where’er thy sway prevails,
 * Life’s fairest charms to thee we owe,

The source of pure delight, the healing balm of woe!


 * Can rapture thrill congenial hearts,
 * Entwined by Friendship’s wreath divine?
 * If aught of bliss its bond imparts,
 * The praise, enchanting maid! be thine.
 * Can we a soft attractive grace
 * In the bright beam of Beauty trace?
 * ’Tis only when with thee combined,

Her powers can justly claim the homage of the mind!


 * When the first pair in Eden’s bower
 * Enjoyed the favoring smile of Heaven,
 * Thy influence brightened every flower,
 * And blessed the balmy breeze of even.
 * And since in Love’s connubial ties,
 * We best can learn thy sweets to prize,