a parable of immortality
abracad, · Categories: wise wordsA ship sails and I stand
Watching till she fades on the horizon
And someone at my side says,
“She is goneâ€.
Gone where?
Gone from my sight, that is all;
She is just as large as when I saw her.
The diminished size and total loss of sight
Is in me, not in her,
And just at the moment
When someone at my side says
“She is goneâ€
There are others who are watching her coming,
And other voices take up a glad shout
“There she comes!â€
And that is dying
Henry Van Dyke
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