to a stranger.
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Yet still a tie to thee remains;
A daughter young and fair,
Nestles, as with an angel's wing,
And stays thy passage here.
A daughter young and fair,
Nestles, as with an angel's wing,
And stays thy passage here.
But lonely is the stranger's heart,—
And lonely must she be,
Uncheered by all, save friendship's smiles,
And these she asks of thee!
And lonely must she be,
Uncheered by all, save friendship's smiles,
And these she asks of thee!