Henry, C. S. Doctor Oldham at Greystones, and his talk there. (1860) WAM-PS-0091.Image_1.030709

Geo. Bradish

If thou art borrowed by a friend,
Right welcome shall he be,
To read and ponder_, not to lend,
But to return to me.

Not that imparted knowledge doth
Dimish learning's store,
But books, I find, if often lent,
Return to me no more.