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FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN EPHELIA AND ARDELIA, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What friendship is, ardelia, show
Last Line: But 'tis to love, as I love you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Kingsmill, Anne; Winchilsea, Countess Of
Subject(s): Friendship


EPH. WHAT Friendship is, Ardelia, show.
ARD. 'Tis to love as I love you.
EPH. This account, so short (though kind),
Suits not my enquiring mind.
Therefore farther now repeat:
What is Friendship when complete?
ARD. 'Tis to share all joy and grief;
'Tis to lend all due relief
From the tongue, the heart, the hand;
'Tis to mortgage house and land;
For a friend be sold a slave;
'Tis to die upon a grave,
If a friend therein do lie.
EPH. This indeed, though carried high;
This, though more than e'er was done
Underneath the rolling sun,
This has all been said before.
Can Ardelia say no more?
ARD. Words indeed no more can show:
But 'tis to love, as I love you.





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