That your friends have discernment to see?
If you could descend to deserve my reproach,
The error lies sure not in me.
I mentioned the fault that in future your care,
Might secure from unguarded surprize;
I thought you had sense to rely on my love;
To resent it I deem’d you too wise.
The freedom of friendship should never displease,
Tho’ harsh its reproofs may appear;
Since often in public who flatter us most,