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FRIENDSHIP by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY

First Line: I THOUGHT OF FRIENDSHIP
Last Line: SINCE, YESTERDAY, YOU PASSED WITH LOWERED EYES!
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; RELATIONSHIPS;
I THOUGHT of friendship
As a golden ring,
Round as the world
Yet fitted to my finger;
I thought of friendship
As a path in spring
Where there are flowers
And the footsteps linger;
I thought of friendship
As a globe of light,
Yellow before the doorway of my life,
A flame diffused
Yet potent against night;
I thought—but thought itself in ruin lies
Since, yesterday, you passed with lowered eyes!



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