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The Going (Gibson)

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"To the Memory of Rupert Brooke"; as rendered in Poems (1904-1917) (1917).

1393638The GoingWilfrid Wilson Gibson

He's gone.
I do not understand.
I only know
That as he turned to go
And waved his hand
In his young eyes a sudden glory shone:
And I was dazzled by a sunset glow,
And he was gone.

23d April, 1915

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