Marmeladent?rtchen Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Im trying to find a funeral poem that some posted about 3 months ago. It was about a boat going out to sea! It was quite good as I remember. Anyhoos, questions; 1, Is it possible to word search KB posts? Or 2, Can someone spare me the time and remind me what the poem was called? Thanks All DOH,,, just spotted the search up above!!! Forget it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 This one? Henry van Dyke: ?A Parable of Immortality?: I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sun and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, "There she goes!" Gone where? Gone from my sight - that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the places of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, ?There she goes!?, there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmeladent?rtchen Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 This one? Henry van Dyke: ?A Parable of Immortality?: I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sun and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, "There she goes!" Gone where? Gone from my sight - that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the places of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, ?There she goes!?, there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!" Thanks,, thats the one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 This one? Henry van Dyke: ?A Parable of Immortality?: I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sun and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, "There she goes!" Gone where? Gone from my sight - that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the places of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, ?There she goes!?, there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!" I really like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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