TO MY FRIEND
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You are my friend. Give me no more Of costly gems and golden store, For these are not the things I prize— For me let lovelight fill your eyes, And give to me your tenderness, Your little broken words that bless And bear away the bitter pain And make my heart look up again. Oh, come into my little room Whene’er descends the hour of gloom, And let your love a candle be To bring the light of hope to me!