Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="FRIENDSHIP" id="FRIENDSHIP"></SPAN>Friendship</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">O</span>NCE on a time there was a road<br/></span> <span class="ih">Went winding by my door.<br/></span> <span class="i0">And fain I was to travel it<br/></span> <span class="i2">In search of golden store.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And O! how oft with heavy heart<br/></span> <span class="i2">The weary miles I trod,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And many a sorry tale I learned<br/></span> <span class="i2">Upon the open road.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Often times I was made glad<br/></span> <span class="i2">And oft my heart was sore.<br/></span> <span class="i0">For folk who traveled on the road<br/></span> <span class="i2">That winded by my door.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Adventure came, aye many a time,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And even now I sigh.<br/></span> <span class="i0">And sorry am to count the times<br/></span> <span class="i2">The false gods caught my eye.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But now I keep a little spot<br/></span> <span class="i2">Just off the busy road,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And there I patient, wise-eyed wait<br/></span> <span class="i2">Those of the heavy load.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_64" id="page_64">{64}</SPAN></span><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And kindly then I draw them in<br/></span> <span class="i2">While warm heart talks to heart.<br/></span> <span class="i0">And when night darkens I have found<br/></span> <span class="i2">We’re sorry for to part.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">This happened too once on a time<br/></span> <span class="i2">When I was weak and sore.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I drew a jewel from the road<br/></span> <span class="i2">That winded by my door.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But then I very often find<br/></span> <span class="i2">Two roads so different meet,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And many a friend I’ve found and kept<br/></span> <span class="i2">For whom I did not seek.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_65" id="page_65">{65}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />