poem req. (boat ish)

[itsonlymoney]

I used to have a copy of a poem laminated on a credit card sized keep sake, purchased from St Gennys church near Bude. Untill that is some low life nicked my car a few years ago along with the contents of my glove box. Now I am not religeous at all, however it was soon after the death of my father and put a lot of things into perspective for me. I have looked in vain to replace it for years but to no avail I even returned to the place of puschase but they no longer had it. So I wonder if anyone knows it. The main gist of it was that death was like a ship sailing from a harbour as the people on that harbour lost site of it as it went over the horizon others in another port saw it and welcomed it. You get the idea I am sure. Written if memory serves me correct by a Vicar or Monk type last century ish. I know its not much to go on and its been a while so I cannot remember much more but I bet one or more of you can lay your hands on it.
Thanks in advance of a reply regards - Ian

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[jhr]

Aaargh. It's been posted on here (or poss. Scuttlebutt) before but I can't find it from a brief search.

Might be worth trying a few keywords in the Forum Search if you can remember any of the lines.

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[Forbsie]

Is <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.ybw.com/cgi-bin/forums/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=pbo&Number=213441&Search=true&Forum=All_Forums&Words=epitaph&Match=Or&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=213181>this</A> the one you mean?

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[itsonlymoney]

Thats the one
Thank you very much Gentlemen, as I say I have looked to replace my copy for years. I knew someone would know it. Cant beleive what you can find on this forum.

Thanks again - Ian

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[Kevin]

my nan passed away recently and one of the readings was very much like this but a bit longer, the gist was much the same. I printed it framed it and gave it to my family

I used a search in Google to find it.

kevin

 

[itsonlymoney]

Kevin
It is a very reassuring poem, and as I say I am not religeous however it really made sense to me, maybe there's more to this religeon thing than meets the eye. Anyway without wishing to get to deep I am sure your Dad was as comforted on reading it as I was/am.
regards - Ian

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[cliffdale]

A ship sails and I stand watching till she fades on the horizon and someone

at my side says She is gone

Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large now as

when I last saw her. Her diminished size and total loss from my sight is in

me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says she is gone there are

others who are watching her coming over their horizon and other voices take

up a glad shout There she comes!

That is what dying is. An horizon and just the limit of our sight.

Lift us up, Oh Lord, that we may see further


From Google search on bishop Brent

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[cliffdale]

What is dying?


I am standing on the sea shore.

A ship at my side spreads her

white sails in the morning breeze

and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and I

stand and watch her until at last

she fades on the horizon.



Then someone at my side says

“There, she has gone -

Gone where?

Gone from my sight - that is all

She is just as large in the mast,

hull and spars as she was

when she left my side....

The diminished size

and total loss of sight

is in me and not in her,

and just at the moment when

someone by my side says

“She is gone,”

others take up the glad shout

— “There she comes.



Bishop Brent 1862-1929

Bishop of The Philippines


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[itsonlymoney]

Seems like there are a few versions to choose from.
Ian

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