Citation - New York Journal-New York: 1769.02.16

NYJ-N.769.023
16 Feb 1769:41 (1363)
THE TEST OF FRIENDSHIP.
Misfortune best sincerity can show,
And 'tis the only test our friends to know,
The very touch stone of their truth;
Resistless it attracts true friends more close,
And marks the faithful few, at heart, from those
Who are so only at the mouth.
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