But Friendship, like the fiery element, With its own heat and nourishment content, Where neither hurt, nor smoke, nor noise is made, Scorns the assistance of a forein aid.
Katherine Philips
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Friendship — Poems (1678), in Minor Poets of the Caroline Period (1905); Four consecutive lines forming a complete sentence, contrasting self-sustaining friendship with passions that depend on external fuel. Full poem read; Luminarium identifies Saintsbury’s1905 edition, pp552–553. Public-domain wor
- Friendship — Poems (1678), in Minor Poets of the Caroline Period (1905)
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