Poems

<h2><SPAN name="RONDEAU_BROTHER_AND_FRIEND" id="RONDEAU_BROTHER_AND_FRIEND"></SPAN>RONDEAU.&mdash;BROTHER AND FRIEND.</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="dropcap">B</span>ROTHER and friend I found thee in the hour<br/></span> <span class="i2a">Of need and day of trouble, strong and true.&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">In June's fair mirth, and when the sunrise hue<br/></span> <span class="i0">Shewed bright where joy had built his thoughtless bower,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Thou wert a child to sport with, something lower<br/></span> <span class="i2">Than a friend's need. I gave, methought, thy due,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">An elder sister's gentleness, nor knew<br/></span> <span class="i0">That ere Spring dawned my soul would feel thy power.<br/></span> <span class="i6">Brother and Friend!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A man, with a man's strength, and will, and fire,<br/></span> <span class="i2">I know thee, my Alcides; thus a god<br/></span> <span class="i0">For some fair soul to reverence, and desire<br/></span> <span class="i0">To own and worship. <i>I</i> can place thee higher<br/></span> <span class="i2">To-day, in naming thee,&mdash;pain's paths just trod&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i6">Brother and Friend.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />