954. The Departed by John Banister Tabb. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

954. The Departed

By John Banister Tabb


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,	5
As shadows in the sun,
Reach backward into Time, as we,
Like lifted clouds, reach on.