Or Germany, where people purely kiss.[NC]
To thus much Adeline would not advance;
But of such friendship as Man's may to Man be
She was as capable as Woman can be.
XCIII.
No doubt the secret influence of the Sex
Will there, as also in the ties of blood,
An innocent predominance annex,
And tune the concord to a finer mood.[ND]
If free from Passion, which all Friendship checks,