“Essential honour must be in a friend,
Not such as every breath fans to and fro;
But born within, is its own judge and end,
And dares not sin, though sure that none should know.
Where friendship's spoke, honesty's understood;
For none can be a friend that is not good.”

st. 6
Poem LXIV: 'A Friend

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Anglo-Welsh poet and translator 1632–1664

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