FRIENDSHIP

BE A FRIEND, YOU DON’T NEED MONEY:
JUST A DIPOSITION SUNNY;
JUST THE WISH TO HELP ANOTHER
GET ALONG SOME WAY OR OTHER;
JUST A KINDLY HAND EXTEDED
OUT TO ONE WHO’S UNBEFRIENDED;
JUST THE WILL TO GIVE OR LEND,
THIS WILL MAKE YOU SOMEONE’S FRIEND.

BE A FRIEND. YOU DON’T NEED GLORY.
FRIENDSHIP IS A SIMPLE STORY.
PASS BY TRIFLING ERRORS BLINDLY,
GAZE ON HONEST EFFORT KINDLY,
CHEER THE YOUTH WHO’S BRAVELY TRYING,
PITY HIM WHO’S SADLY SIGHING;
JUST A LITTLE LABOR SPEND
ON THE DUTIES OF A FRIEND.

BE A FRIEND. THE PAY IS BIGGER
(THOUGH NOT WRITTEN BY A FIGURE)
THAN IS EARNED BY PEOPLE CLEVER
IN WHAT’S MERELY SELF-ENDAVOR.
YOU’LL HAVE FRIENDS INSTEAD OF NEIGHBOURS
FOR THE PROFITS OF YOUR LABORS;
YOU’LL BE RICHER IN THE END
THAN A PRINCE, IF YOU’RE A FRIEND.