YOUR friendship much can make me blest,
O why that bliss destroy!
Why urge the only, one request
You know I will deny!
Your thought, if Love must harbour there,
Conceal it in that thought;
Nor cause me from my bosom tear
The very friend I sought.
Classic poem
Song—Love in the Guise of Friendship
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- YOUR friendship much can make me blest,
- Poet
- Robert Burns
- Themes
- love, grief, identity, sea
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