The Departed Poem by John Bannister Tabb

The Departed



THEY cannot wholly pass away,
How far soe’er above;
Nor we, the lingerers, wholly stay
Apart from those we love:
For spirits in eternity,
As shadows in the sun,
Reach backward into Time, as we,
Like lifted clouds, reach on.

Thursday, September 2, 2010
Topic(s) of this poem: clouds
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