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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE IN THE GUISE OF FRIENDSHIP, by ROBERT BURNS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Your friendship much can make me blest
Last Line: The very friend I sought.
Subject(s): Friendship; Love
First Line: Your friendship much can make me blest
Last Line: The very friend I sought.
Subject(s): Friendship; Love
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.
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