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ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP

October 27, 2015 By Larry Adamson Leave a Comment

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Just some thoughts:

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 was killing some time on this small college campus in rural Tennessee waiting for the start of a basketball game. With some extra time on my hands I ventured over to the small college library. I found myself wandering through the stacks and came upon a few books of poetry. Pulling a couple books from the shelves, I sat down and found this poem. I scrambled for some paper and wrote down the words. I could not find the name of the author, but I thought it said volumes about friends.


                                                                “Eternal Friendships” 
 
                                                        No friend we love can ever die;
                                                      The outward form but disappears.
                                                      I know that all my friends are nigh
                                                         Whenever I am moved to tears,
                                                 And when my strength and hope are gone,
                                                    The friends, no more, that once I knew 
                                                        Return to cheer and urge me on
                                                         Just as they always used to do
                                                       They whisper to me in the dark
                                                    Kind words of counsel and of cheer;
                                                    When hope has flickered to a spark
                                                          I feel their gentle spirits near,
                                                       And Oh, because of them I strive
                                                     With all the strength that I can call
                                                      To keep their friendship still alive
                                                          And to be worthy of them all.
                                                    Death does not end our friendship true;
                                                          We all are debtors to the dead;
                                                          There, wait on everything we do
                                                    The splendid souls who’ve gone ahead.
                                                       To them I hold that we are bound
                                                            By double pledges to be fine,
                                                      Who once has had a friend has found
                                                      The link between mortal and divine.
 ​I have since forgotten much about that game, but these words seem to stay with me.
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  February 3, 2014
  Keep on,
​  Larry Adamson

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Larry Adamson was raised in Indiana.  After teaching and coaching for several years he worked as Director of Championships at the United States Golf Association in NJ.  He’s retired, living just outside Nashville,TN.  He blogs about his favorite things: sports, music, old cars, and the good ole days.




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