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title: "Fragment of Song"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1792"
location: "Dumfries"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/fragment-of-song-2/"
---

# Fragment of Song

## Poem
No cold approach, no altered mien,  
Just what would make suspicion start;  
No pause the dire extremes between,  
He made me blest—and broke my heart.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/fragment-of-song-2/