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.
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.