Circle of Friends

Old friends are always wonderful... And some are priceless too
... But we should look around and try... To cultivate the
new... Because the circle that is formed... By all the hands
we shake... Surrounds the height and margin of... The prog-
gress that we make... And if our friends of years ago... Are
all we have today... Then surely we have slowed our stride...
And walked an idle way... Whereas each new one helps to ease
... Our strugle and our strife... And every larger circle is...
A longer lease on life... So let us keep the gentle friends...
That we have come to know... But also let us do our best...
To make the circle grow.

James J. Metcalfe