Through times thick and thin
Through times rich and poor
Friendship
It burns within a beating heart
It broods within immortal soul
Its fire and passion we all embrace
The feeling of friendship for friendship's
sake.
A friendship stays a friendship
A friendship for friendship's sake.
Life with a friend is like love in
a war
The power and passion the thunder
and roar
Yet when the smoke at last clears
the field
Still standing is a friendship for
friendship's sake.
And when I finally reach the end
and look back upon this life
I'll remember the fun, laughter
and tears
Of a life shared with others a life
shared with friends
For a friendship's still a friendship
for friendship's sake.
(unknown)
The Making of Friends
If nobody smiled and nobody cheered
and nobody helped us along,
If each every minute looked after
himself
and good things all went to the
strong,
If nobody cared just a little for
you,
and nobody thought about me,
And we stood all alone to the battle
of life,
what a dreary old world it would
be!
If there were no such thing as a
flag in the sky
as a symbol of comradeship here,
If we lived as the animals live
in the woods,
with nothing held sacred or dear,
And selfishness ruled us from birth
to the end,
and never a neighbour had we,
And never we gave to another in
need,
what a dreary old world it would
be!
Oh! if we were rich as the richest
on earth
and strong as the strongest that
lives,
Yet never we knew the delight and
the charm
of the smile which the other man
gives,
If kindness were never a part of
ourselves,
though we owned all the land we
could see,
And friendship meant nothing to
all of us here,
what a dreary old world it would
be!
Life is sweet just because of the
friends we have made
and the things which in common we
share;
We want to live on not because of
ourselves,
but because of the people who care;
It's giving and doing for somebody
else --
on that all life's splendor depends,
And the joy of this world, when
you've summed it all up,
is found in the making of friends.
Edgar A. Guest
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