Lawrence Countie's US Military

Fallen Dead:

Past and Present

He Is Only Away

I can not say and I will not say

That he is dead - He is just away!

With a cheery smile and a wave of hand

He has wandered into an unknown land.

And left us dreaming how very fair

It needs must be since he lingers there.

And you - O you, who the wildest yearn

For the old time step and the glad return

Think of him still as the same. I say;

He is not dead - he is just away.

-James Whitcomb Riley

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