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“Gone From My Sight” by Henry Jackson Van Dyke
Perfect funeral poem explores the meaning of loss and memory
The poem “Gone From My Sight” by Henry Van Dyke, a mid-19th century American poet, is an evocative and deceptively simple narrative about watching a ship sail out of a harbor into the vast, open sea. The poem opens: I … Continue reading
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Tagged American literature, American poetry, Ancestor, Author, Death, Funeral poem, Henry van Dyke, Loss, Memory
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