The friend who just 'stands by'

This poem came for my English comprehension. If you're in 9th and you got Code - A (or read it from a friend's), you might remember this. This poem just blew me away.

When trouble comes your soul to try,

You love the friend who just "stands by."

Perhaps there's nothing he can do --

The thing is strictly up to you;

For there are troubles all your own,

And paths the soul must tread alone;

Times when love cannot smooth the road

Nor friendship lift the heavy load,

But just to know you have a friend

who will "stand by" until the end,

whose sympathy through all endures,

Whose warm handclasp is always yours--

It helps, someway to pull you through,

Although there's nothing he can do.

and so with fervent heart you cry,

"God bless the friend who just 'stands by'!"