Classic Poem

Will aught but death the ties of nature break;
Will death alone divide united hearts;
Will friendship's bonds all other power defy,
Sever'd alone by his resistless darts.

Say? can even death those pow'rful ties dissolve,
For ever break affection's tender chains;
Say? will not faithful love survive the grave,
And glow refin'd in happier worlds again!

Ah no, even wealth can cancel nature's ties;
And make the heart insensible and cold;
Int'rest the firmest friends can disunite,
Even ardent love may be subdu'd by gold.