If I could make a friend today I would not ask for greater store; If just one soul would come and say, "We shall be comrades evermore," I would not need to count my gold Tonight when all my labors end -- My heart a greater wealth would hold If I could say, "I made a friend." If I could have a friend tonight I did not have at this day's dawn, One hand that held my fingers tight, One breast that I could lean upon, I would not need to calculate How much my profit, much my trade, My gain today to estimate, If I could say, "A friend I made." If I today a friend could find Amid the labor and the stress, Some toiling brother, kindred mind, Some hand to clasp in tenderness, It would not matter what reward The hours had brought me on the way, If I could say, "I thank Thee, Lord -- I know I made a friend today." |