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204. Song—Love in the Guise of Friendship

 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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