The first person who comes in
When the whole world has gone out.
A bank or credit
On which we can draw supplies
Of confidence, counsel, sympathy, help and love.
One who combines you alike the pleasures
And benefits of society and solitude.
A jewel whose lustre the strong acids
Of poverty and misfortune cannot dim.
One who mutiplies joys and divides griefs,
And whose honesty is inviolable.
One who loves the truth and you,
And will tell the truth in spite of you.
The triple alliance of the three great powers,
Love, Sympathy and Help.
A watch which beats true for all time,
And never "runs down."
A permanent fortification
When one's affairs are in a state of siege.
One who to himself is true,
And therefore must be good to you.
A balancing pole to him,
Who walks across the tight rope of life.
The link in life's long chain,
That bears the greatest strain.
A harbor of refuge,
From the stormy waves of adversity.
One who considers my need before deserving.
The jewel that shines brightest in the darkness.
A stimulant to the nobler side of our nature.
A star of hope in the clouds of adversity.
A diamond in the ring of aquaintance.
A volume of sympathy bond in cloth.
Friendship- one soul in two bodies.
An insurance against misanthropy.
One truer to me than I am myself.
One who understands our silence.
A link of gold in the chain of life.
The essence of pure devotion.
The sunshine of calamity.
A second right hand.