Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="YOUR_FRIEND" id="YOUR_FRIEND"></SPAN>Your Friend</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">T</span>HO’ you’re a heathen to the core<br/></span> <span class="ih">And cause him untold pain,<br/></span> <span class="i0">He knows everything about you<br/></span> <span class="i2">But loves you just the same.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">You need not always seek him<br/></span> <span class="i2">For he’s often seeking you.<br/></span> <span class="i0">He has a welcome for the stranger<br/></span> <span class="i2">But a warmer heart for you.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">He is rather scarce on talking<br/></span> <span class="i2">But at listening he is good.<br/></span> <span class="i0">You love to be around him<br/></span> <span class="i2">But respect his solicitude.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">He is tactful of your failings,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Well acquainted with your whim;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And there’s nothing in this wide, wide world<br/></span> <span class="i2">You would not do for him.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_83" id="page_83">{83}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />