A generous friendship, Prince, is our best game.
Not loyalty alone approves your gift,
But wise self-interest, and sagacious thrift.
Sage Salar Jung would cordially approve
The liberal impulse, the far-sighted move.
Punchius, my Prince, is far too great to gush,
And fulsome flattery wakens manhood's blush.
England's true honour England's hand must hold;
Steel for defence, and for equipment gold
'Tis hers to furnish; when that hand shall fail,