...paltry things, More trifling still than they. And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lolls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest ; On earth unseen, or only found To...

...ages to the present time, experience has led many to exclaim with Goldsmith, " What is friendship hut a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch U/wecp." In as great a ratio as genuine friendship enhances the pleasures of...

...brings Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. ' And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? ' And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest : On earth unseen, or only found...

...guilty, a dislike to the person always takes possession of our hearts. Well may the moralist say: — And what is friendship, but a name, A charm, that...lulls to sleep; A shade, that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? . Such was the hollow friendship of Ellen, who though endowed with...

...friendship's lays. Some say we worship an imaginary shrine ; yes, they coldly say : — • ' Oil ! what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the poor to weep.' " Preserve me from the theory of such coldhearted sensualists,...

...pity them.1 md. Stanza e. Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.8 stanza «. And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? Stanza 19. The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too. Stanza 33. By the...

...brings Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things More trifling still than they. ' And what is friendship but a name : A charm that lulls...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ! ' And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest ; On earth unseen, or only found...

...brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest; On...

...pincheth, hath friendship as slack" ; while Goldsmith, it will be remembered, bitterly sums all up in, " What is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." Another adage declares that " Compliments cost nothing but...

...More trifling still than they. A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ! ' And what is friendship but a name : A charm that lulls to sleep ! 'And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest; ' For shame, fond youth, thy sorrows...