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IDYLLIUM IX. FRIENDSHIP.
Thrice happy they! whose friendly Hearts can burnWith purest Flame, and meet a kind Return.
With dear Pirithoüs, as Poets tell,
Theseus was happy in the Shades of Hell:
Orestes' Soul no Fears, no Woes deprest;
'Midst Scythians he with Pylades was blest.
Blest was Achilles while his Friend surviv'd,
Blest was Patroclus every Hour he liv'd;
Blest when in Battle he resign'd his Breath,
For his unconquer'd Friend reveng'd his Death.
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