Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FARTHER ON, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH


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First Line: Do not think of them all as dead
Last Line: Think of them only as farther on.
Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


Do not think of them all as dead,
These the loved that we used to know;
Every road has a bend ahead,
Out of our sight awhile they go,
Out of our sight around the bend --
But we all shall meet at the journey's end.

Do not think of them, these who died,
As dead and vanished and turned to clay:
The load of life they have thrown aside,
But their souls march up to the hills of day --
We need but follow, who fall behind,
A little longer our loved to find.

Do not think of them there at rest;
Think of them rather as where they are:
Across the mountains and farther west,
Perhaps tonight on that very star;
Do not think of them dead and gone --
Think of them only as farther on.





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