Where gloomy thoughts arise, where grievous cares intrude.
Known but in drink, - he found an easy friend,
Well pleased his worth and honour to commend:
And thus inform’d, the guardian of the trust
Heard the applause, and said the claim was just,
A worthy soul! unfitted for the strife,
Care, and contention of a busy life; -
Worthy, and why? - that o’er the midnight bowl
He made his friend the partner of his soul,
And any man his friend: - then thus in glee,