Many, by fond credulity betray’d,
Their happiness on other’s honor stake;
The faithless friends the angry laws evade,
And honest friendship suffers for the rake.
The sober citizen, whose hard-earn’d wealth,
Is lost by sad vicissitude of trade,
With heartfelt sorrow undermines his health
While Prudent Friends his losses still upbraid.
Then by a cruel false deceiver led,
Wearied with mis’ry, frantic with despair,