On Friendship

And a youth said,
Speak to us of Friendship.

And let there be no purpose in friendship
save the deepening of the spirit.

And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide,
let him know its flood also.

And in the sweetness of friendship
let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things
the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.