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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRIEND, by JEANNIE SNIFFIN COX First Line: Into my life fate tossed today Last Line: That leads you, gently, down the years to god. | |||
Into my life Fate tossed today Autumn leaves of brown, red, and gold; Memories you bring of other years, Bitter-sweet, within my heart to hold. Silver hair, and eyes grown dim with tears, My heart, a-weary with the tinsel blare of youth, Feeds hungrily upon your thoughts and words, And basks within the hallowedness of truth. Around your soul, beloved friend, The tendrils of my heart twine, And borrow, from your spirit's greatness, Peace to calm this restless soul of mine. Soul answers soul, in that vast silence, Where only souls in unison have trod; I barter all, my friend, to learn the secret That leads you, gently, down the years to God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CARPENTER'S SON by SARA TEASDALE SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 12. AT THE DRAPER'S by THOMAS HARDY TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER IMAGES: 1 by RICHARD ALDINGTON MOUNT PIERUS by ANTIPATER OF SIDON IF YOU PLAY A GAME OF CHANCE by WILLIAM BLAKE BIARTEY'S SPINNING SONG, FR. THE RIDING TO LITHEND by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |
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