On imagining a Friend had treated the Author with Indifference.
18th Century Mary Barber EnglishOn imagining a Friend had treated the Author with Indifference.
Go, Jealousy, Tormentress dire; On Lovers only seize: In Love, like Winds, you fan the Fire, And make it higher blaze.
But Friendship's calmer, purer Joy Thou dost not heighten, but destroy.