Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878/Love and Friendship

Love and Friendship.

When Love and Friendship both were young, In frolic mood one day;They strove by argument to prove Who bore the widest sway.

"My empire," Love, exulting, cried, "O'er all mankind extends,""And mine!" said Friendship, "oft begins, Where yours in coldness ends.

"Thy transient reign, like youth's gay charms, Decays with beauty's flower,Whilst my consoling influence soothes The mourner's darkest hour.

"Then, urchin! know Love's power is vain, Unless with Friendship joined;Thy chains the senses may enslave— Mine the immortal mind."