Show 1 1 By Edg Edgar r rU Just J U S t F 0 Outs 1 k S A. A Guest GuestA A FRIEND LEAVES We Ve played together he and I r And life seemed very certain then Nor was it hinted he would die Before the summer came carrie again Yet now the word comes Gone is he hek het k t With whom this very day Id I'd planned In happy comradeship to be Walking this golden stretch of sand How strange are meetings and farewells How closely closely- linked are loss and gain In every glorious friendship dwells For one the certainty of pain Now here alone I walk the shore The ache of sorrow in m my heart Braving the bitterness once more That comes when friends have to part Ill see sec you ou next July said he And I remember with a sigh That promise which he made to mc me But he is gone and its it's July i 6 V s f |