Careful Words

forsake (v.)

My God, my Father, and my Friend,

Do not forsake me at my end.

Earl Of Roscommon (1633-1684): Translation of Dies Irae.

  Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable unto him. A new friend is as new wine: when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure.

Old Testament: Ecclesiasticus ix. 10.