(22 September 1847 - 27 November 1922 / London)  What do you
think this poem is about?  After Parting  Farewell has long been
said; I have forgone thee; I never name thee even. But how shall
I learn virtues and yet shun thee? For thou art so near Heaven
That Heavenward meditations pause upon thee.  Thou dost beset
the path to every shrine; My trembling thoughts discern Thy
goodness in the good for which I pine; And, if I turn from but
one sin, I turn Unto a smile of thine.  How shall I thrust thee
apart Since all my growth tends to thee night and day-- To thee
faith, hope, and art? Swift are the currents setting all one
way; They draw my life, my life, out of my heart.  Submitted:
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