Drowned mariner, or, The lowlands of Holland hath twin'd my love & me/Temple of Friendship

TEMPLE OF FRIENDSHIP.

THO' Fortune & Love may be deities still.
To those they oblige by their pow'r;
For me part, they ever have used me ill,
They cannot expect i'll adore:
Hereafter a temple. to Friendship I’ll raise,
And dedicate there all the rest of my days.
To the Goddess accepted my vows,
To the Goddess accepted my vows.

Thou perfect image of all things divine,
Bright center of endless desires,
May the glory be yours & the service be mine
when I light at your altars the fires
I offer a heart has devotion so pure,
I would for your service all torments endure
Might you have all things you wish,
Might you have, &c

But yet the Goddess of fools to despise,
I find I’m too much in her power;
She makes me go where ’tis in vain to be wise
In absence of her I adore.
If love then undoes me before I get back,
I still with refinement receive the attack,
Or languish away in despair.
Or languish away in despair.

FINIS.