KEEP THE PATH CLEAR!
Reading edition
Oh, do not trifle with friendship, I pray, Guard it more closely each swift-flying day; Gifts the most precious, and gold cannot pay For friendship once broken. It’s vanished for aye!— Keep clear the path to your friend’s heart, I pray! Weeds of forgetfulness soon choke the way; Pass that way often; keep polished, I pray, The flagstones that guide you down friendship’s own way!
Transcriber’s Note:
One minor change has been made (to correct thoughless to thoughtless) for a typesetter’s error; otherwise, every effort has been made to remain true to the author’s words and intent.