fame and friendship

Fame is a food that dead men eat
I have no stomach for such meat
In little light and narrow room
With no kind voice of comrade near
To bid the feast be of cheer
But friendship is a nobler thing
Of friendship it is good to sing
For truly when a man shall end
He lives in memory of his friend
Who doth his better part recall
And of his fault make funeral
                                      - Henry Austin Dobson
Introduction of poet :-
            Henry Austin Dobson was an English poet and and essayist . He was born at plymout the elder son of George Clarissa Dobson a civil engineer of French descent when he was about eight the family moved to Holyhead  and his first school was at Beaumaris in Anglesey .
Birth:- 18th January 1840
Death:- 2 September 1921
Famous Work:-
Ars victrix -1876
At the sign of the lyre - 1890
Sat EST scripsisse -1894
Introduction of poem:-
Fame is a food that dead men eat .                  I have no stomach for such meat
But friendship is a nobler things
Of friendship it is good to sing 
             In the poem fame and friendship describing to close friendship.
  Analysis :-
       This poem sings song of friendship. Fame is the thing which every person sought for people can do any things to be famous. But here poet says that friendship is far better than fame.
   '' fame is food that dead men eat
      I have no stomach for such meat. ''
     In this first stanza poet talks about fame. He says that fame is a food that dead men eat. The meaning of this is that people value person after death. We see that great people are awarded after and their statues are built. Poet says that he does not want this food . In tomb there is no light and there in narrow places they receive fame. Their fame no longer remains and people forget them. No one prays now for them.
      '' The only way to have a friend is to be one.''
     But friendship is a noble things of friendship it is good to sing.
     
       Now in second stanza poet describes now friendship is better than fame. He says ''but friendship is a nobler things." In last part of life when death comes man recalls memory of friend . It was better part of life and his friend makes funeral of his faults are forgotten and only good part is to be remembered. So it is better than fame .
     " True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. "