IN MEMORIAM

YOU CANNOT SAY, YOU MUST NOT SAY

THAT THEY ARE DEAD, THEY ARE JUST AWAY!

WITH A CHEERY SMILE, AND A WAVE OF THE HAND

THEY HAVE WANDERED INTO AN UNKNOWN LAND

AND LEFT US DREAMING HOW VERY FAIR

IT NEEDS MUST BE, SINCE THEY LINGER THERE;

SO THINK OF THEM FARING ON, AS DEAR IN THE LOVE OF THERE

AS THE LOVE OF HERE.

THINK OF THEM STILL AS THE SAME, AND SAY

THEY ARE NOT DEAD, THEY ARE JUST AWAY