Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FRIENDSHIP, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON


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First Line: A ruddy drop of manly blood
Last Line: Are through thy friendship fair.
Subject(s): 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 uxexhausted 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 has taught
To master my despair;
The fountains of my hidden life
Are through thy friendship fair.




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