ON HIS FRIENDS

BY MESKIN ALDARAMY.

Translated into English Verse by J. D. Carlyle, BD

WITH conscious pride I view the band

 Of faithful friends that round me stand;

 With pride exult, that I alone

 Can join these scattered gems in one:

     For they're a wreath of pearls, and I

     The silken cord on which they lie.

'Tis mine their inmost souls to see;

 Unlocked is every heart to me;

 To me they cling, on me they rest,

 And I've a place in every breast:

     For they're a wreath of pearls, and I

     The silken cord on which they lie.