Full Lyrics
How often when discouraged,
When full of grief and woe,
The presence of a loved one,
A solace can bestow;
Oh! like the “better angel”
That heav’n so often sends,
Is one we know in sorrow
As the very best of friends!
Kind friends! dear friends,
Ever in my heart I bear,
Sweet mem’ry of the friends
Who meet me everywhere.
And when we are rejoicing
O’er happy days. so sweet;
And all the while we’re treading
Bright roses under feet;
Oh, then an added brightness
To holidays it lends,
If they are spent with dear ones,
Just the dearest of our friends!
There is no heart that cannot
Some boon of friendship claim;
However poor, or needy,
However lost to fame;
Oh, souls in sweet communion
A kindred joy impart;
And I’ve a shrine for loved ones,
In a corner of my heart!
