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Gone From My Sight

attributed to Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933)

(authorship widely circulated; origin uncertain)

A ship leaves the near shore, slips into the morning breeze, and someone beside me whispers, “There, she is gone.”

But nothing of her has diminished — only my sight.

And on the far shore, others are already calling, “There she comes.”

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