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FRIENDS, by                    
First Line: Thy friends! Nay spare the plural there
Last Line: Would thee to breach of friendships wedlock woo.
Subject(s): Friendship


THY Friends! Nay spare the plural there;
Such things as Friends are singular:
Thou of thy Phoenixes as well
Mayst tell
Thy tale, & be belev'd as soon
That thou hast many of what scarce is one.

2

Shines thy Sun fair? that gorgeous light
To shew a Freind is too too bright:
The day with gloomy shades opprest
Will best
Discover Him, whose Worth by none
But its own glorious rays is seen alone.

3

Alas thy fawning Courtiers be
Friends of thy Fortune, not of Thee:
Let her but frown, & they will do
So too.
Be warey then, & just as farr
Rely on Them, as Thou canst trust to Her.

4

But hast thou met a faithfull Heart?
In spight of Fortune blest thou art.
Write others down Acquaintance, but yet
Admit
Sole him into thy Friends dear Roll;
Them in thine arms imbrace, Him in thy Soule.

5

For who is thy souls Spouse but He?
O then with him contented be.
Let chastity thy love commend
And lend
No ear to wanton Syrens, who
Would thee to breach of Friendships wedlock woo.





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