<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384498" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Friend</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When first I looked upon the face of Pain<br>I shrank repelled, as one shrinks from a foe<br>Who stands with dagger poised, as for a blow.<br>I was in search of Pleasure and of Gain;<br>I turned aside to let him pass: in vain;<br>He looked straight in my eyes and would not go.<br>'Shake hands,' he said; 'our paths are one, and so<br>We must be comrades on the way, 'tis plain.'<br>I felt the firm clasp of his hand on mine;<br>Through all my veins it sent a strengthening glow.<br>I straightway linked my arm in his, and lo!<br>He led me forth to joys almost divine;<br>With God's great truths enriched me in the end:<br>And now I hold him as my dearest friend.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384498" data-title="My Friend de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="When first I looked upon the face of Pain I shrank repelled, as one shrinks from a foe Who stands with dagger poised, as for a blow. I was in search of Pleasure and of Gain; I turned aside to let him pass: in vain; He looked straight in my eyes an..."></div> </div> </div>

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