(From the German of the celebrated Gessner.)
[Prose translation.]
Weekly Mag., III, 347, 358, Mar. 23, 30, 1799, Phila.
[S. Gessner, Mycon. In the French version, entitled Amyntas.
W. Hooper, New Idylles, p. 18.]
FRIENDSHIP
Translated from the German.
Set to music by Russ.
Sure not to life's short span confin'd,
Shall sacred friendship glow;
Beyond the grave the ardent mind,
Its best delights shall know.
Blest scenes! where ills no more annoy,
Where heav'n the flame approves;
Where beats the heart to nought but joy,
And ever lives and loves.