Old Friends

Friendships that have stood the test
Time and change....are surely best.
Brows may wrinkle, hair grow gray,
Friendship never knows decay.

 Cherish friendship in your breast
New is good....but old is best.
Make new friends, but keep the old,
Those are silver, these are gold.

There's happiness in little things
There's joy in passing pleasure.
But friendships are, from year to year,
The best of all life's treasure.

Joseph Parry