Tail Slap is a Colony Scouter resource.
The focus of these pages is Beavers, the junior section of Scouts Canada.
Life's a bother, life's a hurry, Life's a busy crowded way, Good intentions go astray. I had a friend the other day. I haven't any more. He passed away. I meant to write, to phone, to call. I didn't do any of those at all. I only hope that he can now see How much his friendship meant to me. Life's a busy crowded way, Good intentions go astray.
— Charles Jarvis |
 |
Keep Your Friendship Alive
Around the corner I have a friend.
In this great city that has no end.
Yet days go by and weeks rush on,
Before I know a year is gone.
And I never see my old friend's face.
For life is swift and terrible race.
He knows I like him just as well
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine, we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men —
Tired to play a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
Tomorrow, I say, I will call on Jim,
Just to show that I'm thinking of him.
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes;
Distance between us grows and grows;
Around the corner, yet miles away.
"Here's a telegram, Sir" — "Jim died today." —
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the Corner a Vanished Friend.
Thoughts |
Home
Send us your comments, ideas and suggestions.
Last updated: February 22, 2001
|
