On those first joys, we shall be happy yet.

Each on the other must in all depend,

The kind adviser, the unfailing friend;

Through the rough world we must each other aid,

Leading and led, obeying and obey’d;

Favour’d and favouring, eager to believe

What should be truth—unwilling to perceive 430

What might offend—determined to remove }

What has offended, wisely to improve }

What pleases yet, and guard returning love. }