Poems (Holmes)/Friendship
For works with similar titles, see Friendship.
Friendship.
Sweet are the joys which friendship yields. When bound by its golden chain,Are faithful, pure, congenial hearts, Seeking each the other's gain.
When adverse fortune clouds our path, As gathering storm the sky,If but the voice of friendship cheers, Calmly see the gloom pass by.
Or when some unexpected joy Comes like the summer shower,That such returning beauty gives To every drooping flower.
E'en then 'tis friendship that completes The new joy that fills the heart,For that is scarcely happiness In which only one has part.
Oh, friendship! 'tis an holy tie Connecting kindred souls,A brilliant star that sheds its light While life its dark dream unfolds.
Oh! may that tie all hearts unite In pure love and sympathy,That bright star each traveller guide Through the shades of misery.