What force and strength cannot get through
I with a gentle touch can do;
And many in the streets would stand,
Were I not, as friend, at hand.
An old-classic From The Book of Riddle - Portland: Bailey & Noyes.
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Key.
What force and strength cannot get through I with a gentle touch can do;
Opens doors.
And many in the streets would stand, Were I not, as a friend, at hand.
No one could get into their houses without a key (without brute force) if keys were not a friend literally at hand.