Friendship

Friendship

Taken from "The Book of Virtues"

Friendship needs no studied phrases,

Polished face, or winning wiles;

Friendship deals no lavish praises,

Friendship dons no surface smiles.

Friendship follows Nature's diction,

Shuns the blandishments of art,

Boldly severs truth from fiction,

Speaks the language of the heart.

Friendship favors no condition,

Scorns a narrow-minded creed,

Lovingly fulfills it's mission,

Be it word or deed.

Friendship cheers the faint and weary,

Makes the timid spirit brave,

Warns the erring, lights the dreary,

Smooths the passage to the grave.

Friendship-pure, unselfish friendship,

All through life's allotted span,

Nurtures, strengthens, widens, lengthens,

Man's relationship with man. 

{or, in this case, "girl's relationship with golden retriever"} 

Here's to the gift of pure, nurturing FRIENDSHIP....

truly a gift of which there is no price!