Eph. What Friendship is, ARDELIA shew. <br />Ard. 'Tis to love, as I love You. <br />Eph. This Account, so short (tho' kind) <br /> Suits not my enquiring Mind. <br /> Therefore farther now repeat; <br /> What is Friendship when complete? <br />Ard. 'Tis to share all Joy and Grief; <br /> 'Tis to lend all due Relief <br /> From the Tongue, the Heart, the Hand; <br /> 'Tis to mortgage House and Land; <br /> For a Friend be sold a Slave; <br /> 'Tis to die upon a Grave, <br /> If a Friend therein do lie. <br />Eph. This indeed, tho' carry'd high, <br /> This, tho' more than e'er was done <br /> Underneath the rolling Sun, <br /> This has all been said before. <br /> Can ARDELIA say no more? <br />Ard. Words indeed no more can shew: <br /> But 'tis to love, as I love you.<br /><br />Anne Kingsmill Finch<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/friendship-between-ephelia-and-ardelia/
