Poem by Matthew Prior

Songs Set to Music: 1. Set by Mr. Abel

Reading ends in melancholy,
Wine breeds vices and diseases,
Wealth is but care, and love but folly,
Only friendship truly pleases.
My wealth, my books, my flask, my Molly,
Farewell all if friendship ceases. 

1. Cloe Jealous
2. If Wine and Music Have the Power
3. On a Fart - Let in the House of Commons
4. Phyllis's Age
5. An Ode - Inscribed to the Memory of the Hon. Colonel George Villiers

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