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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>Unfeigned Friend&s;hip,</HI> OR, The Loyali&s;ts Cordial Advice. A plea&s;ant New Playhou&s;e Song, now greatly in Reque&s;t.</HEAD>
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<L><HI>Concord is that by which the world does move</HI></L>
<L><HI>Nor is the worlds Creator ought but love:</HI></L>
<L><HI>in thi&s;e Mens happine&s;s do chiefly rest,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And none without them ever yet was blest.</HI></L>
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<P><HI>To a new playhou&s;e Tune, called,</HI> How happy's the State, <HI>or,</HI> Can Life be a Ble&s;&s;ing, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
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<L>HOw happy's the State where no di&s;cords are dreeding</L>
<L>No &s;trife, nor debate, no cares too exceeding?</L>
<L>Oh! there 'tis they'r ble&s;&s;ed of all things po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed,</L>
<L>Oh! there they have happine&s;s heap'd up in &s;tore;</L>
<L>There's trae&s;ure, and plea&s;ure, &amp; joy beyond mea&s;ure,</L>
<L>So happy are they that need not no more.</L>
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<L>Why then &s;hou'd fond mortals &s;eek their own annoy,</L>
<L>And open the Portals, them&s;elves to de&s;troy,</L>
<L>To plague one another, and hare each his Brother,</L>
<L>To bani&s;h the Father and ruine the Son,</L>
<L>When trea&s;ure &amp; plea&s;ure wou'd &s;low beyond mea&s;ure</L>
<L>If concord it triumphed and di&s;cord was gone?</L>
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<L>If each in his &s;tation wou'd keep his right &s;phere,</L>
<L>Then all our vexations wou'd &s;oon di&s;appear:</L>
<L>Ah! then all confu&s;ion and all &s;trong delu&s;ion</L>
<L>On th' wings of di&s;order with darkne&s;s wou'd direct:</L>
<L>Then plea&s;ure, and trea&s;ure, and joys beyond mea&s;ure</L>
<L>Wou'd &s;orrows, and cares, and har&s;h di&s;cord expell.</L>
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<L>Then <HI>England</HI> be wi&s;e, and let Unity flouri&s;h,</L>
<L>Let none be preci&s;e, their fond fancies to cheri&s;h;</L>
<L>Thereby in their pa&s;&s;ion to trouble the Nation:</L>
<L>For if with di&s;cretion each mortal wou'd move,</L>
<L>Then trea&s;ure and plea&s;ure wou'd flow beyond mea&s;ure,</L>
<L>Then all wou'd be peace, oh then all wou'd be love.</L>
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<L>If none wou'd &s;tickle at the <HI>Oath</HI> of <HI>Allegiance,</HI></L>
<L>No, nor <HI>Conventicle</HI> to baulk their obedience,</L>
<L>Nor at Ceremonies where deceney &s;hown is</L>
<L>Cavell and Carp, and yet give us no rea&s;on:</L>
<L>Then trea&s;ure and trea&s;ure wou'd flow beyond mea&s;ure,</L>
<L>And happy, thrice happy wou'd be the ble&s;s'd rea&s;on.</L>
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<L>Then the <HI>Pope</HI> might de&s;pair and the <HI>Je&s;nites</HI> repine,</L>
<L>For they nothing could &s;hare if we once did but joyn;</L>
<L>If di&s;cord was bani&s;h'd, and envy quite bani&s;h'd,</L>
<L>Then happy, thrice happy a Nation were we,</L>
<L>Then trea&s;ure and plea&s;ure wou'd &s;low without mea&s;ure,</L>
<L>And all we cou'd wi&s;h we &s;hould in&s;tantly be.</L>
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<L>Then tho&s;e golden days which the Poets once feigned,</L>
<L>Might to our high prai&s;e once again be regained;</L>
<L>For were we united our cares wou'd be &s;lighted,</L>
<L>Then happy, how happy &s;hould we live at ea&s;e!</L>
<L>Then trea&s;ure and plea&s;ure wou'd flow beyond mea&s;ure,</L>
<L>And we &s;hou'd lye down in the vailes of &s;weet prace.</L>
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<L>With ro&s;es o're&s;pread, and with &s;illies &s;urrounded,</L>
<L>Where with troubles our head &s;hou'd ne'r be confounded,</L>
<L>But &s;till &s;weet repo&s;e with &s;oft &s;limber &s;hou'd clo&s;e,</L>
<L>Our eyes and our cares, and all that di&s;turb us:</L>
<L>The trea&s;ure and plea&s;ure wou'd flow beyond mea&s;ure,</L>
<L>When nothing, when nothing remain'd as could curb us.</L>
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<L>Then at la&s;t be you Wive you <HI>Whiggs,</HI> and come over,</L>
<L>There's nought you devi&s;e more content can di&s;cover;</L>
<L>Be no more di&s;contented, lea&s;t 'tis repented</L>
<L>When it is too late, and the time it is pa&s;t;</L>
<L>When as trea&s;ure &amp; plea&s;ure won't flow beyond mea&s;ures</L>
<L>For then all your hopes will be at the la&s;t ca&s;t.</L>
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<L>Then be not perver&s;e, but let Unity flouri&s;h,</L>
<L>Idle Dreams ne'r rehear&s;e, nor wilfulne&s;s cheri&s;h,</L>
<L>But be loyal, be loyal, and you'l de&s;ie all</L>
<L>That envy and malice does plot for your harm;</L>
<L>Then trea&s;ure and plea&s;ure will &s;low beyond mea&s;ure</L>
<L>Obedience and Unity is the be&s;t charm.</L>
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<L>To &s;ecare us from &s;trife, and all idle debate;</L>
<L>Which, alas! are too ri&s;e among&s;t many oblate:</L>
<L>Then at la&s;t be you wi&s;e, and come take my advice,</L>
<L>And make your &s;elves happy while&s;t time does remain,</L>
<L>That trea&s;ure and plea&s;ure may <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> without trea&s;ure,</L>
<L>That Concord and Unity ever may Raign.</L>
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<P>Printed for J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackery, and T. Pa&s;&s;inger.</P>
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