Page:Beachy Head and Other Poems.pdf/138

130

While quickly formed, dissolv'd as soon, Some warm attachments I have known Just flourish for an hour at noon, But leave no trace when overblown.

Minds that form these, with ardent zeal Their new connexions fondly cherish, And for a moment keenly feel Affection, doomed as soon to perish;

Incapable of Friendship long, Awake to every new impression, Old friends, becoming ci-devant! Are still replaced by a Succession.