FRIENDSHIP. Lady Mary Chudleigh Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T97275 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.

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