Classic Poem

This Opportunity did me invite,
Dear Cousin , (tho' with Scribbling Pen) to write
These Lines unto thee, thus to manifest
I have not yet excluded from my Breast
Th'Remembrance of thee; neither Time nor Place,
Though far remote, should cancel or deface
The Monument of Friendship in that Mind,
That is to th'Everlasting Truth inclin'd.
O may this always our Instructor be!
Then shall we live in constant Amity:
Let Truth in th'Inward Part be always dear
Unto thee, then thy Counsellor is near;
Who will instruct thee, how thou may'st behave
Thy self at all times, modest, meek, and grave;
That thou may'st find that Peace , which doth excel
All Visible Enjoyments, and so dwell
In Undefiled Love, that will attend
The truly humble Heart unto the end.