Hast thou named all the birds without a gun; <br />Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk; <br />At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse; <br />Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust; <br />And loved so well a high behavior <br />In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, <br />Nobility more nobly to repay?— <br />O be my friend, and teach me to be thine!<br /><br />Ralph Waldo Emerson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/forebearance/
