Loneliness, anxiety, and despair, br isolation, sorrow, bitterness - br these the cruel concerns, observers note, br that press upon our current consciousness. br br To name mind's enemies is good for mind: br for straightway, two arch-fiends themselves reveal: br separation, and false sense of loss. br These enemies now named, what salve may heal? br br Think one - the other follows; thus, one fiend, br whose only weapon is that thought of loss. br But we own that which we can never lose; br yet know not - 'til we give it - ever ours: br br give what you think you have not: that which mends br these cruel concerns in others: love of friends.