Santob de Carrion. Friendship. Friedlander, Joseph, comp. 1917. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse

Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

Friendship

By Santob de Carrion


WHAT treasure greater than a friend
Who close to us hath grown?
Blind fate no bitt’rer lot can send
Than bid us walk alone.

For solitude doth cause a dearth	5
Of fruitful, blessed thought,
The wise would pray to leave this earth,
If none their friendship sought.

Yet sad though loneliness may be,
That friendship surely shun	10
That feigns to love, and inwardly
Betrays affections won.