True Friendship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EFEEG HIHJI CKCCL MNMMN OMOOM PLPPK| Friendship thou balm for ev'ry ill | A |
| I must aspire to thee | B |
| Whose breezes bid the heart be still | A |
| And render sweet the patient's pill | A |
| And set the pris'ner free | B |
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| Friendship it is the softest soul | C |
| Which feels another's pain | D |
| And must with equal sighs condole | C |
| While sympathetic streamlets roll | C |
| Which nothing can restrain | D |
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| Not to be nominated smart | E |
| Of mortals to be seen | F |
| She does not thus her gifts impart | E |
| Her aid is from a feeling heart | E |
| A principle within | G |
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| When the lone stranger forced to roam | H |
| Comes shiv'ring to her door | I |
| At once he finds a welcome home | H |
| The torch of grace dispels his gloom | J |
| And bids him grope no more | I |
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| Friendship was never known to fail | C |
| The voice of need to hear | K |
| When ruthless ills our peace assail | C |
| When from our hearts she draws the veil | C |
| And drys the falling tear | L |
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| When dogs and devils snarl and fight | M |
| She hides and dwells alone | N |
| When friends and kindred disunite | M |
| With pity she surveys the right | M |
| And gives to each his own | N |
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| Friendship has not a sister grace | O |
| Her wonders to exceed | M |
| She is the queen of all her race | O |
| Whose charms the stoutest must embrace | O |
| When in the vale of need | M |
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| Friendship is but the feeling sigh | P |
| The sympathizing tear | L |
| Constrain'd to flow till others dry | P |
| Nor lets the needy soul pass by | P |
| Nor scorns to see or hear | K |
George Moses Horton
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