Gone! and they return no more,
But they leave a light in the heart;
The murmur of waves that kiss a shore
Will never, I know, depart.
Gone! yet with us still they stay,
And their memories throb through life;
The music that hushes or stirs to-day,
Is toned by their calm or strife.
Gone! and yet they never go!
We kneel at the shrine of time:
‘Tis a mystery no man may know,
Nor tell in a poet’s rhyme.
by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN (1839-1886)
Public Domain Poetry
unbolt me 
Wonderful choice.
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Thank you for reading, Dolly!
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My pleasure, Tony.
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Nice sentiments from Father Ryan. However, check out the Wikipedia article on him.
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Holy crap! It’s clear that we did not do our research! Tati and I have always had a policy of letting the words of yesteryear’s poets speak for themselves sans context, but perhaps it’s a policy that we should reassess. We do NOT support this ‘man of god’s’ so-called ‘values’. Slavery, white supremacy, racial segregation, etc. have no place in our world and nor should they ever. All people are equal regardless of race, nationality, sex, gender identity, religion, language, intelligence, or any other thing one can think of.
In regards to our poetry selections, we will be more careful going forward, and can only hope that our Readers will forgive us this lapse of judgement. If anybody feels that we should remove this post then please do let us know. Thank you, my friend, for bringing this to our attention!
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I believe the poem “Yesterdays” can be seen as a lesson about how even the most repulsive human beings may have in them some intelligent insights that, independent of their origins, speak about universal truths.
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I never could have articulated it as well as you did just now, but yes, this is a good point.
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