Old friends are 'most too home-like now. They know your age, and when You got expelled from school, and lots Of other things, an' then They 'member when you shivereed The town an' broke the lights Out of the school 'nen run away An' played "Hunt Cole" out nights. They 'member when you played around Your dear old mommy's knee; It's them can tell the very date That you got on a spree. I don't like to forget 'em, yet If put right to the test Of hankerin' right now for 'em, I like the new friends best. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WENDELL PHILLIPS by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT A BALLADE OF SUICIDE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON ELEONORA; A PANEGYRICAL POEM by JOHN DRYDEN WRITTEN [OR LINES] IN A YOUNG LADY'S ALBUM by THOMAS HOOD THE CHARACTER OF HOLLAND by ANDREW MARVELL SONG OF THE SEA ROVER by GAMALIEL BRADFORD ON THE DEATH OF MR. WOODWARD, AT EDINBURGH by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |