Dear friend, I pray thee,
if thou wouldst be proving.
Thy strong regard for me,
Make me no vows.
Lip-service is not loving;
Let thy faith speak for thee.
Swear not to me that nothing can divide us,
So little such oaths mean,
But when distrust and envy creep beside us,
Let them not come between.
Say not to me the depths of thy devotion
Are deeper than the sea;
But watch, lest doubt or some unkind emotion
Embitter them for me.
Vow not to love me ever and forever,
Words are such idle things,
But when we differ in opinions, never
Hurt me by little stings.
I'm sick of words, they are so lightly spoken,
And spoken are but air.
I'd rather feel thy trust in me unbroken
Than list to thy words so fair.
If all the little proofs of trust are heeded,
If thou art always kind,
No sacrifice, no promise will be needed
To satisfy my mind.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Friends need not agree in everything
or go always together, or have no comparable
other friendships of the same intimacy.
On the contrary, in friendship union is
more about ideal things: and in that
sense it is more ideal and less subject
to trouble than marriage is.
- Irwin Sarason
The rain may be falling hard outside,
But your smile makes it all alright.
I'm so glad that you're my friend.
I know our friendship will never end.
- Robert Alan
Every day do something that will inch
you closer to a better tomorrow.
- Doug Firebaugh
ROMANTIC
