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FRIENDSHIP.

1 FRiendship is a Bliss Divine,
2 And does with radiant Lustre shine:
3 But where can that blest Pair be found
4 That are with equal Fetters bound?
5 Whose Hearts are one, whose Souls combine,
6 And neither know or Mine, or Thine;
7 Who've but one Joy, one Grief, one Love,
8 And by the self same Dictates move;
9 Who've not a Frailty unreveal'd,
10 Nor yet a Thought that is conceal'd;
11 Who freely one another blame,
12 And strive to raise each other's Fame;
13 Who're always just, sincere, and kind,
14 By Virtue, not by Wealth, combin'd;
15 Whose Friendship nothing can abate,
16 Nor Poverty, nor adverse Fate,
17 Nor Death it self: for when above,
18 They'll never, never, cease to love,
19 But with a Passion more refin'd,
20 Become one pure celestial Mind.

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Title (in Source Edition): FRIENDSHIP.
Author: Lady Mary Chudleigh
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Chudleigh, Mary Lee, 1656-1710. Poems on several occasions. Together with the Song of the three children paraphras'd. By the Lady Chudleigh. London: Printed by W.B. for Bernard Lintott at the Middle Temple Gate in Fleetstreet, 1703, p. 35. [16],125,[17],73,[1]p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T97275) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [(OC) 280 j.452].)

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