Time tests the right liver:
Distress, the alms-giver:
The pandit, the Vedas he’s reading:
The diamond, a blow:
The bowstring, the bow:
And the course, if a horse has got breeding:
The gymnast, the bar:
And true courage, war:
And the craftsman, the works of his art:
So of friendship’s true breed,
The touchstone is need:
And of man, the intent of the heart.