My Favorite Poems Page 1  New friends and Old Friends by Joseph Parry Make new friends but keep the Old. Those are silver,these are gold. New-made friendships,like new wine, Age will mellow and refine. Friendships that have stood the test- Time and change-are surely best; Brow may wrinkle,hair grow gray, Friendship never knows decay. For 'mid old friends,tried and true, Once more we our youth renew . But Old friends alas may die New friends must thier place supply. Cherish friendship in your breast- New is good,but old is best; Make new friends,but keep the old: Those are silver,these ar gold.

Count that Day Lost by George Eliot If you set down at set of Sun And count the acts that you have done,      and counting find One self denying deed,one word that eased the heart of him who heard,      One glance most kind That fell like sunshine where it went- then you may count that day well spent But if, through all the livelong day, You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay-      If through it all you've nothing done that you can trace that brought the sunshine to one face-      no act most small That helped some soul and nothing cost- Then count that day as worse than lost.

To Know all is to Forgive all by Nixon Waterman If I knew you and you knew me- If both of us could clearly see, And with an inner sight divine the meaning of your heart and mine- I'm sure that we would differ less And clasp our hands in friendliness: Out thoughts would pleasantly agree If I knew you and you knew me If I knew you and you knew me, as each one knows his own self, we Could look each other in the face and see therein a truer grace. Life has so many hidden woes, So many thorns for every rose; The "Why" of things our hearts would see, If I knew you and you knew me.