The Departed

by John Banister Tabb English

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.

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