Deep sorrows rise of saddest hue;
Condensing round the mourner’s head
They bathe the cheek with chilly dew.
Though pity shows her dawn from heaven,
When kind she points assistance near,
To friendship’s sun alone ’tis given
To soothe and dry the mourner’s tear.
—Penrose.
Association with others is useful also in strengthening the character, and in enabling us, while we never lose sight of our main object, to thread our way wisely and well.