I hope you enjoy this famous friendship poem by our friend William Shakespeare. I've always been a huge fan of his work.
Friendship Sonnet
When to the session of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death¹s dateless night,
And weep afresh love's long since cancelled woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanish¹d sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
by William Shakespeare
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This sonnet talks about the sorrow that the poet feels when thinking about all the friends that he has lost over the years. We can all relate to this, and even more so as we get older and we lose more and more friends. This may seem a bit depressing but it is the reality of life.
The last two lines of this sonnet bring hope to the poet and readers alike. He mentions how all this pain and losses are that much more bearable when he thinks of his friend. This makes complete sense, since our friends comfort us when we are sad or going through a tough time. They provide support and encouragement. Their positvity and most importantly their presence helps us get through many things in life.
This is the reason that this famous friendship poem (sonnet) is one of my favorite.
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