Friend

 LAST night when I was watching shadows lengthen¹

From twilight² into deeper, darker lines,

The lazy river caught my little boat dear,

And swept it in among the clinging vines.

And somehow in the mirror of the current

I saw your kindly³ face look back at me.

Then I reached my eager hands toward you

As one would do to friends across the sea.

Friend O! mine, don’t think that I’ve forgotten,

Tho’ parted now by many a weary mile.

In every little pool I see reflected,

Your eyes forever tender with a smile

And someday when GOD calls me from my dreaming

And draws me from life’s loneliness apart,

I’ll carry all these things that I remember—

About you, up to heaven in my heart.

1 lengthen   

vt.使伸长，延长

参考例句：

• He asked the tailor to lengthen his coat.他请裁缝把他的外衣放长些。
• The teacher told her to lengthen her paper out.老师让她把论文加长。

2 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

3 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。