Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake.

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow, too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake

A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably