Seek your knowledge in observation. br Know friendship to be the truest bond of all, br Near perfect is Love platonic in essence. br Within nature perceive the friendship of all, br For all. Friendship can be Death in a lovers guise. br Don’t let it come as a surprise to you when you br Find your heart broken in parts, buried beneath br The steeples you have erected in Honour of your Love. br Bonds without friendship are as shackles. br Seek a stranger of sympathetic intellect.