Friday, December 15, 2006

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 takes nobler form
And look beyond the earth,
The mill-round of our fate appears
A sun-path in thy worth.
Me too thy nobleness has taught
To master my despair;
The fountains of my hidden life
Are through thy friendship fair.

~© Ralph Waldo Emerson~

1 comment:

SmileyTD said...

:) Thank you very much, SB! Glad you like 'em.

Hope you had a good Friday...and that you are able to rest over the weekend.

HASG2!