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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.005 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. V. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] p. 275. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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On the Friendship of two young Ladies , 1730. By the Same . HAIL , beauteous pair , whom Friendship binds In softest , yet in strongest ties , Soft as the temper of your minds , Strong as the lustre of your eyes ! So Venus' doves in couples fly , And friendly steer their equal course ; Whose feathers Cupid's shafts supply , And wing them with resistless force . Thus as you move Love's tender flame , Like that of Friendship , paler burns ; Both our divided passion claim , And friends and rivals prove by turns . Then ease yourselves and bless mankind , Friendship so curst no more pursue : In wedlock's rosy bow'r you'll find The joys of Love and Friendship too .