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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEPARTED, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: They cannot wholly pass away Last Line: Like lifted clouds, reach on. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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