Classic poem of the day
Will aught but death the ties of nature break;
Will death alone divide united hearts;
Will friendship's bonds all other power defy,
Sever'd alone by his resistless darts.
Say? can even death those pow'rful ties dissolve,
For ever break affection's tender chains;
Say? will not faithful love survive the grave,
And glow refin'd in happier worlds again!
Ah no, even wealth can cancel nature's ties;
And make the heart insensible and cold;...
