University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]

expand section


112

CAUSE OF THE GAIN AND LOSS OF FRIENDS.

Are riches thine, or does thy wealth encrease,
Then honour's thine, and thousands wish the peace:
But art thou poor, or are thy riches flown,
Then Friendship flies, and every friend will frown!