The Three Sorts of Friends

Lyrics

60 Though friendships differ endless in degree, The sorts, methinks, may be reduced to three. Acquaintance many, and Conquaintance few; But for Inquaintance I know only two— The friend I've mourned with, and the maid I woo! 61        &nbsp       &nbsp       &nbsp       &nbspIf fair by Nature She honours the fair Boon with fair adorning, And graces that bespeak a gracious breeding, Can gracious Nature lessen Nature's Graces? If taught by both she betters both and honours Fair gifts with fair adorning, know you not There is a beauty that resides within;— A fine and delicate spirit of womanhood Of inward birth?—