Thanks for the sympathies that ye have shown ! 



Thanks for each kindly word, each silent token, 

 That teaches me, when seeming most alone, 



Friends are around us, though no word be spoken. 



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Therefore I hope, as no unwelcome guest, 



At your warm fireside, when the lamps are lighted, 



To have my place reserved among the rest, 

 Nor stand as one unsought and uninvited !' 



