Friendship may pass from age to age,
And yet remain the same;
Love must in many a toil engage,
And melt in lambent flame.
GOLDSMITH TO THE AUTHOR.
Aldborough, 1778.
Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum.
You're in love with the Muses? Well, grant it be true,
When, good Sir, were the Muses enamour'd of you?
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