Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-13
ON FRIENDSHIP.

And each fmooth tongue our confidence COM
mau3s.
But ali! the fond illuGon mutt depart,
Experience foon the painful lef1on gives,
hat ipeech is Oft no index tothe heart,
That o.l the imiGng countenanee deceiyes.
Lo! ferdid av' rice ilizes on thefoul,
Ar once the biighred bud of iriendh;p dies:
10 wild ambition, iPurning all ccntrau,
Diaolves at once ev'n natures dcarch ties.
Alas! il hatefnl envy gnaw the breaa,
Or ii it fweii with ever rc9lefs pride,
Within the foul by fuch bsfe cares pofTeR,
no manly fehtimcnt can long abide.
Alike the little vulgar and tie great,
Unfeeiing { I another veal or wee,
To int'rch only true, of Friendfhp pirate,
And feign flame their bofoms never know.
AT fnch fcene The difappoirted heart
Deipondipg feeks the iolirary cell,
Nor deigns to a6 fafhicnable part
Where real, unbought Friendhip cannot dwell.
Yet are there not an interrupted fw
Who, from tkis charge exemption jufly claim !?
Whc prove the melancholy thought untrue,
That Friendihip nothing but an empty name.
OfFeav'n more highly favcur'd han ths reA,
A few in all the walks OF life appear,
Of ioiter mould, with feeling boloms blcf,
And warm Lenevoience and truth Gncere. =.
Strangers to envy, avarce and pride,
To ipread felicity is all their joy,
To feek the call where want and pain abide,
And wipe the tear from iorrow s cloud ID eye.
In temper one and Heav'n infpir'd deign,
Friends TO mankind, in virtues caule m
mov'd,
Theie kindred ipirits no rude Jars di5join,
They need but TO be known to be bclov'd.
O, with what rapture two ihch boiorlls meet
In mutual confidence and mutual love,
Awhile the cares and tolls of life forget,
And all the blits of fouls uaited prove.
If through the clouds that DER my head inlpsnd,
And leem to darken all myEearthly way,
Almighty goodnefs fometimes deign to fend,
A beam that kindles darkness into day.
A partner in my pleafures may | find,
For pleafure is but half enioy'd aione)
Whole gen'rous foul, by virtue well reha'd,
Will ever make my Happiness his own.
But ah thej Us that earth affords are few,
While num'rousi ills my progress fill await,
Dshres Hnquench'd, bereavcnents ever new,
The worlds fa!ie falile or undiguiied hate.
oltinksmy foul beneath load o. care,
And fees or fancies evils yet to come
a cold, ungentle afped all things wear,
And through tracklefs wild feem to roam,
O for faithful friend in fuch an hour,
The fwclling figh of forrow to reprcfs,
And with loft iynpathy's myferious pow'r
My troubled fpirit tooth and lub to peace.
When Gcknefs lhall this mortal frame arreR,
And death approach with all his awful train,
And weary days and nights eltrang 4 from ref,
Linger along III unre12itting pain.
o fora conilanr friend befi1e nay bed,
To cheer the tedious moments as they fly,
To raiie with tender care my f4nting head,
And point to eadIefs ret oeyond the Ky.
PHILANDER.
ExtraR eta letter fran a rslbeRa5h boah
in Liverpool 10 a peyIa1 IN PHILADELPHIA,
dated JaJ a6tb.
/" Tie Inspirations Of Georgia Upland
Cotton, have latterly been very grear,
and tho it is pretty well cleaned it is
much inferior in faple, 70 the laH crop,
and deficient in the filky quality of the
MifilIippi cotton. Il has Of coar.e iu!-
tanned Comfortable fall.
6 The fner and niddIing kinds Of CO..
ton, zach as Sea Hand, Wee l''dia, an3
good MiaiilPp;, will remain aeady, an9
as but little Wet India, is expected sh'>-
year, owing to lis d;mlailkad ca!Eivs.io.