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PGCJ.771.008
23 Feb 1771:41 (372)
The following poetical portraiture of the sincere friend,
was wrote by a young gentleman but sixteen years of age.
Friendship, that source of bliss, was first design'd
To help, to mend, and humanize the mind;
To let mankind foretaste in part the love,
The joy, the pleasure, that they taste above.
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There too they'll join the happy choir, and sing
Alternate praises to th' almighty King;
There hand in hand they'll tread the heav'nly road,
And join in anthems to salute their God;
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