Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN MEMORIAM: W.L.W., by PEARL RANDALL WASSON


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IN MEMORIAM: W.L.W., by                    
First Line: I like to think of you as winging forth
Last Line: And lead me onward through the darkening night.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


I like to think of you as winging forth,
A spirit, eager, joyous, bold, and free;
Seeking, as here, to know alone the truth,
Searching, with quickening soul, the paths to be.
You longed to know the hidden truths of life;
You sought the answer through the works of God,
In children's faces, on the mountain height,
By silent pools, in books, and flowering sod.
And, having found the answer to the why,
You tried, through service to your fellow men,
To pass the torch of hope to broken lives,
That they, with faltering step, might live again.
Dear wingéd spirit, halt your shining flight,
And lead me onward through the darkening night.





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