"Gone! and they return no more,
But they leave a light in the heart;
The murmur of waves that kiss a shore
Will never, I know, depart.
Gone! yet with us still they stay,
And their memories throb through life;
The music that hushes or stirs to-day,
Is toned by their calm or strife.
Gone! and yet they never go!
We kneel at the shrine of time:
'Tis a mystery no man may know,
Nor tell in a poet's rhyme.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Arlington National Cemetery
Image courtesy/Wikipedia
"Yesterdays"
Abram Joseph Ryan
(1838-1886)
American poet, editor, orator
and Catholic priest.
Known as the "Poet-Priest" of the South
Abram Joseph Ryan
(1838-1886)
American poet, editor, orator
and Catholic priest.
Known as the "Poet-Priest" of the South
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