To E--

Let Folly smile, to view the names Of thee and me, in Friendship twin'd; Yet Virtue will have greater claims To love, than rank with vice combin'd. And though unequal is _thy_ fate, Since title deck'd my higher birth; Yet envy not this gaudy state, _Thine_ is the pride of modest worth. Our _souls_ at least congenial meet, Nor can _thy_ lot _my_ rank disgrace; Our intercourse is not less sweet, Since worth of rank supplies the place.