Friendship
A
ruddy
drop
of
manly
blood
The
surging
sea
outweighs,
The
world
uncertain
comes
and
goes;
The
lover
rooted
stays.
I
fancied
he
was
fled,—
And,
after
many
a
year,
Glowed
unexhausted
kindliness,
Like
daily
sunrise
there.
My
careful
heart
was
free
again,
O
friend,
my
bosom
said,
Through
thee
alone
the
sky
is
arched,
Through
thee
the
rose
is
red;
All
things
through
thee
take
nobler
form,
And
look
beyond
the
earth,
The
mill-round
of
our
fate
appears
A
sun-path
in
thy
worth.
Me
too
thy
nobleness
had
taught
To
master
my
despair;
The
fountains
of
my
hidden
life
Are
through
thy
friendship
fair.
