Saturday, 6 January 2018

Friendship


"She was my bosom friend, and I was hers."  
~ Henry David Thoreau 

Today I spent a wonderful few hours over excellent Indian food and 
stimulating conversation with a friend.

Friendship fills a unique place in the human soul

Friendship stands the test of time

And bridges all distances far and near.

Henry David Thoreau states it well.

The Restaurant (Great Indian Food)
 774107 Highway 10 South, Flesherton, ON N0C 1E0

 I Knew A Man By Sight
by Henry David Thoreau
I knew a man by sight,
A blameless wight,
Who, for a year or more,
Had daily passed my door,
Yet converse none had had with him.
 I met him in a lane,
Him and his cane,
About three miles from home,
Where I had chanced to roam,
And volumes stared at him, and he at me.
 In a more distant place
I glimpsed his face,
And bowed instinctively;
Starting he bowed to me,
Bowed simultaneously, and passed along.
 Next, in a foreign land
I grasped his hand,
And had a social chat,
About this thing and that,
As I had known him well a thousand years.
 Late in a wilderness
I shared his mess,
For he had hardships seen,
And I a wanderer been;
He was my bosom friend, and I was his.
 And as, methinks, shall all,
Both great and small,
That ever lived on earth,
Early or late their birth,
Stranger and foe, one day each other know.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Grandma Snyder

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