The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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TO MR. WILLIAM NOKES.
Friendship.
1702.
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Friendship, thou charmer of the mind,Thou sweet deluding ill,
The brightest minute mortals find,
And sharpest hour we feel.
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Fate has divided all our sharesOf pleasure and of pain;
In love the comforts and the cares
Are mix'd and join'd again.
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But whilst in floods our sorrow rolls,And drops of joy are few,
This dear delight of mingling souls
Serves but to swell our woe.
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Oh! why should bliss depart in haste,And friendship stay to moan?
Why the fond passion cling so fast,
When ev'ry joy is gone?
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Yet never let our hearts divide,Nor death dissolve the chain:
For love and joy were once ally'd,
And must be join'd again.
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