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For Fredo



This is for Fredo who just lost his brother. I don't know if the words will be legible. If they are not I will post them separately.
Ok, it is too tiny- so here are the words.

Gone From My Sight
by Henry Van Dyke

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone"

Gone where?

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"

And that is dying...

posted on Apr 14, 2012 8:17 AM ()

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Beautiful poem. I know Fredo will appreciate it so much.
comment by redimpala on Apr 17, 2012 7:03 PM ()
I hope so.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 18, 2012 5:22 PM ()
This is a beautiful poem.
comment by elderjane on Apr 15, 2012 12:42 PM ()
I just recently found this and loved it.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 15, 2012 3:51 PM ()
What a wonderful thought for all of us. Thanks, Dottie.
comment by troutbend on Apr 15, 2012 9:47 AM ()
Yes, I loved it when I first read it.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 15, 2012 3:51 PM ()
Wow! That is amazingly beautiful!
comment by trekbrarian on Apr 14, 2012 11:06 AM ()
I thought so. I would like to read more by this author. I believe he was a minister as well as a scholar.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 15, 2012 3:52 PM ()
That was very nice and thank you for this.I loved it.Good saying there.
comment by fredo on Apr 14, 2012 8:25 AM ()
For you Fredo. Hope this helps just a wee bit- and know you have friends who care.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 15, 2012 3:53 PM ()
What a great saying... you rock.
comment by kristilyn3 on Apr 14, 2012 8:23 AM ()
I did not write it- just posted it.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 15, 2012 3:54 PM ()

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