Grace

Grace has gone on ahead.
Light a candle to help her find the way.

Not the least hard thing to bear
when they go from us,
these quiet friends,
is that they carry away with them
so many years of our lives.
Yet, if they find warmth therein,
who would begrudge them those years
that they have so guarded?
And whatever they take,
be sure they have deserved.
--John Galsworthy