| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | A Day and a Friend | | By Obadiah Cyrus Auringer (1849–1937) |
| | | WE sat upon the shore, my friend and I; | |
| The lake lay rocking in the morning shine, | |
| Odors of gum were round us, and a pine | |
| Played music while the waves danced, ceaselessly. | |
| Joy of wild woods and waters and blue sky | 5 |
| Flowed through our spirits like celestial wine; | |
| We talked of poets’ hopes and thoughts divine, | |
| And he was generous and I was shy. | |
| O golden heart of all that golden day, | |
| Wise friend! so kind to my reluctant thought; | 10 |
| So gentle with the grace that went astray | |
| Through stammering speech and woodland ways untaught! | |
| He read me by the things I dared not say, | |
| And loved me for the trust that doubted naught. | | | | |
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