--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Stephens, Evan collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 25 number: 8 published: 1922-06 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Evan Stephens, "Parting Friends," *Improvement Era* 25, no. 8 (June 1922): 682–686.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2508unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2508unse start_page: 682 end_page: 686 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1922-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2508unse publication_year: 1922 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1922, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Parting Friends 682 IMPROVEMENT ERA M S ^Ep^^Ej From our fond hearts every trace of oar friendship Thoagh fate di - vide us e'en death cannot friendship ?$ m= -x — <S — h~ ^=G- fcfc :*=£ -d-d-. tzT-*o± ~0- -0'- I ■j d d dr i to; iij ^N -p*- s fSSiEEE J; M-Z- =R: fV-v sev - er, sev - er, Too long and fond - ly ev - Life with its shadows nev — »T-# er to er can s^^si^i =K=£ HF-p-i-- -#---h- ^=5& ±s 3=^ m I *5 perish, Each happy kind thought of thee, of thee my change us, Ah no, do not say that ab - sence ev - er I !? ^ J u4 ■ J * — • — . — A — i — i — I 1 — # — #_ ^i PARTING FRIENDS 683 £* 3fc> --33=^ •-+ i PE +rz --*=V- £=?=#= -v-± t m friend I cher - - ish. can es - trange us. Sor - row-ing in fan - cy I'll « -#— p- W—V- tt £=Pv ££5 J.s written. ^ H^B ifc- ^=S^- 3*=?=1 bring thee to share in my sad ness, Joy - ous I'll *fe -f>--N ^=, hv — I P — F\ — K — h-\ p^fiifl — .- :::fe ±=t: =PIZ?=P: ■v— y- :dts= s=j J: * " * 5 i ? ^t± if — 1- y«=V — _1_Z_ « 1 * ZI »!-*—? 3 *=q= n=*- *v ittetf- BS^eSe SSS=I= ^ i?^. ■e *^ &=&=! wish thee still present to share in my aflad - ness l v- ? — i — * y — y— y — i v-=v — v — J ■v—v- NbM 684 IMPROVEMENT ERA a tern. ^Frtj^—^Ft-^^1^^ Nay. do not tell me that time can ev - er, From &£ fc^£ :l *eeE3 ?=-fcr ir-K: 2=^=* 3*=* -A— *- a fern. j m — Bl_g|-p p LJ. J — * — m •■ ^^ — 4—*^r\\ *-— Fj— —=j=*--*-4-g— p -!■-•- .R. ff. octave lower $ r f m: feESS ^ — -i ££ To (7o(7a after Z). S. g^sT^^-aS^a^i ^E oar fond hearts every tho't of our friendship sev >z&—-^— — N— k-- >~i — _fc ': er. ^^^^^g^SI ^S^^^^ife To Coaa after .D.S. B^iiiS SI r 3: *T *T 5 c — #-cl:- 1— VAj r £=£ : * — * — *- iP_i Each flow - er of springtime some mem 'ries will bring me, ■sM> P6 Y *=$- Each flow er of R. H. as written. -m-0- -0-0- g^ ■Ftr — ^ «-€ « € PARTING FRIENDS 685 fc* m*±&\ sy=g e •#— # -v— U- Of thee and the happiness that once was *^=* s^* ■-it s springtime some mem'ry will bring me, Of w tl ££ S^ 2 ■§- ours. ev - ery note that £=A= £d£= =gl^ IS -H— — { -*E L»X_ «-*-*-H thee and the hap-pi-ness that once was ours, Ev - ery fefeJi -f ?=!= -(«— #^ 1111111111 4-4 :#=_£ fezq: U 1 m -» — -• »— 1 it — 1 — 1 — 1 glta^ii^Silfp^ the birds will sing me, Will brin? to mind some tho't of thee, And note the birds will sing me, ^y^Sji^^ *£ 3F=^=gF^F i 686 IMPROVEMENT ERA A A A A A fe£Jg 1st pp i— * NT H^SSl ifatf. happy vanished hours, ah yes, ah^yes. ah yes, Each dtte g^Wf^j^ *j. •-•. I I ii!0iS= * happy vanished hours, Ah ah yes, Each V^_> _ I lst PP i I i l f hours. Ah yes, Ah yes, yes. 2/7 d J, .i^_ , J M. , Hfea. mm D.S. -*-=»- i^iiillgiPSl CODA No!not from our hearts.Every tho"t of our friendship sev - er. dtszz ( '<>/).{. As written