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THE DEPARTED by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THEY CANNOT WHOLLY PASS AWAY
Last Line: LIKE LIFTED CLOUDS, REACH ON.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
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,
As shadows in the sun,
Reach backward into Time, as we,
Like lifted clouds, reach on.



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