Friendship needs no studied phrases,
Polished face or winning wiles;
Friendship deals no lavish praises,
Friendship dons no surface smiles.
Friendship follows Natures's diction,
Shuns the blandishment of Art,
Boldly severs truth from fiction,
Speaks the language of the heart.
Friendship favors no condition,
Scorns a narrow-minded creed,
Lovingly fulfills its mission,
Be it word or be it deed.
Friendship cheers the faint and weary
Makes the timid spirit brave,
Warns the erring, lights the dreary,
Smooths the passage to the grave.
Friendship-pure, unselfish friendship,
All through life's alloted span,
Nutures, strenghtens, widens, lenghtens,
Man's relationship with man.
