“But
if all songs should fail me
And
friend fail after friend,
I’ll
still have you,
O
tried and true –
I’ll
still have you, and a stone in my shoe
The
image accompanying this post, from the Lord
of the Rings film trilogy, shows (left to right) Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins and Sean
Astin as Samwise Gamgee. I regard "Sam" as the epitome of the dependable, decent,
intensely loyal, stout-hearted friend hailed in Gibson’s poem.
I
hope that everyone reading this has had at least one person in his or her life
like Sam. If that’s not possible, I hope we can all strive to be like him in
our own lives.
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