Naught, O my Bennie, our friendship can sever, Dearly I love you, shall love you for ever; Moment by moment my thoughts are of you, Trust me, oh, trust me, for aye to be true.
Claude McKay
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “To Bennie (In Answer to a Letter),” Songs of Jamaica (1912), final stanza; Complete final four-line stanza. Full poem read in the Academy of American Poets edition, which credits Songs of Jamaica (Aston W. Gardner & Co., 1912) and identifies it as public domain. A loving reply reassuring Bennie tha
- “To Bennie (In Answer to a Letter),” Songs of Jamaica (1912), final stanza
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