Our hands have met, but not our hearts; <br />Our hands will never meet again. <br />Friends, if we have ever been, <br />Friends we cannot now remain: <br />I only know I loved you once, <br />I only know I loved in vain; <br />Our hands have met, but not our hearts; <br />Our hands will never meet again! <br />Then farewell to heart and hand! <br />I would our hands had never met: <br />Even the outward form of love <br />Must be resign'd with some regret. <br />Friends, we still might seem to be, <br />If I my wrong could e'er forget; <br />Our hands have join'd but not our hearts: <br />I would our hands had never met!<br /><br />Thomas Hood<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-false-friend-2/
