FRIENDSHIP is like the gold refined, And all may weigh its worth; Love like the ore, brought undesign'd In virgin beauty forth. Friendship may pass from age to age, And yet remain the same; Love must in many a toil engage, And melt in lambent flame. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GREEK SONG: 1. THE STORM OF DELPHI by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS AFTER THE BURIAL by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: BENJAMIN PANTIER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER |