That is absolutely beautiful, Felice. Thank you.

Carol


On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:55:37 -0500, "Felice Friese"
> wrote:

> Carol, I was so touched by your posting
>
> >> They're not gone, they're just where we can't see them yet.
>
> that I had to search out this Henry Van Dyke piece for you:
>
> ****************************
>
> I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails
> to the ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her
> until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and
> sky come to mingle with each other.
>
> Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!"
>
> "Gone where?"
>
> Gone from my sight. That is all.
>
> Her diminished size is in me not in her. And just at that moment when
> someone at my side say: "There, she is gone!" there are other eyes watching
> her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout:
>
> "Here she comes!"
>
> And that is dying.
>
> ****************************
>
> Felice
>