01.05.2012, 11:36
For My Sister
STRONGER by far than kinship's casual tie
Is that strong bond of friendship that unites
Two hearts in mutual trust, till each delights
To rest upon the other; each will cry
Its hopes and fears, as certain of reply
As one of echoes by the frowning heights
Of mountain walls and gorges when the night's
Soft voice of peace is hushed expectantly:
And so we stand together, you and I,
For you are good to me, and there are few
More dear to me in grief or joy than you,
And few hold fast my thoughts while you are by.
Then, sister, thus in soul I humbly bend
And greet you by the sacred name of Friend.
STRONGER by far than kinship's casual tie
Is that strong bond of friendship that unites
Two hearts in mutual trust, till each delights
To rest upon the other; each will cry
Its hopes and fears, as certain of reply
As one of echoes by the frowning heights
Of mountain walls and gorges when the night's
Soft voice of peace is hushed expectantly:
And so we stand together, you and I,
For you are good to me, and there are few
More dear to me in grief or joy than you,
And few hold fast my thoughts while you are by.
Then, sister, thus in soul I humbly bend
And greet you by the sacred name of Friend.