Friday, November 28, 2014

Gone From My Sight Comments

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I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
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Henry Van Dyke
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Tom Mattingly 17 October 2019

I read this poem at the end of my Eulogy. There wasn't a dry eye in the church.

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Janet Young 03 March 2019

Lost a friend today ,,, 50 years of some great memories R.I.P. dear one

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Anita Rasching 01 February 2018

I loved this poem. So calming.

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william hartman 30 January 2018

my wife, passed away but waiting on the other side

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Dianne Crawford 15 February 2016

Gone from my sight is a very good poem! I like it alot! ! ! !

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Fabrizio Frosini 07 October 2015

'' Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it. '' only a question: can we truly 'experience' Death?

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Thabani Khumalo 16 June 2015

I have a vision to write like this, only if god would bless me enough to.jgh

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Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke

Germantown, Pennsylvania
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