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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 151 'LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. l?ItOM THE OEI?MAN. Love is like the shadow, seen When the suntfirst lights the skies, Stretching then o'er all the green, But dwindling, as each moment flies. Friendship is the shadow, thrown When the day its noon has past, Increasing, as life's sun goes down, Ev'n 'till it has 1ook'd its last. A COMPARISON. Wu? night is. closing, drear and chill, Around the trave!!er's lonely way, As far o'er barren heath and hill His faltering steps bewilder'd stray, o,?,,,ze? by Goodie