I Promise Nothing: Friends will Part

Title

I Promise Nothing: Friends will Part

Creator

A. E. Housman

Date

1936 (postmortem)

Text

I promise nothing: friends will part;
All things may end, for all began;
And truth and singleness of heart
Are mortal even as is man.

But this unlucky love should last
When answered passions thin to air;
Eternal fate so deep has cast
Its sure foundation of despair.

Citation

A. E. Housman, “I Promise Nothing: Friends will Part,” Victorian Queer Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://victorianqueerarchive.omeka.net/items/show/2.