Anybody know anything about this? Just because my

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Quite a long way back gail asked about this poem. I read it many years ago, but this is all I remember, or something to the effect.

"Just because my ship sails out of sight, doesn't mean the story ends, only that the river bends."

-- Jean Scott (dezane@hotmail.com), February 16, 2000

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ilza, thanks once again for your help.

-- Jean Scott (dezane@hotmail.com), February 17, 2000.

Life is a river that runs (my ship may pass from sight, the river bends) by Thomas Jessop

Life is a river that runs from dark to light, And even though my ship may pass from sight, It does not mean that this is the end, It simply means the river bends.

Life is full of trial and sorrow But always remember that there is a tomorrow. That upon the river of life, there is more than strife, There is a wonderful and incredible life, yours. Even though there may be trouble, Let us remember that those troubles may burst like a bubble, If we but have charity and cherish (the truth and right), Lest we perish and have no might.

Life has its happiness and joys, Which are not toys. We need to play and appreciate, At least every today; not only in May. These joys can last forever, If we but hold fast to truth and to the right, For right is might! These joys can last forever, For we will not say to one another "never" or "not ever". For the welcome will not ever end, Even when the river bends!

Life is a river that runs from dark to light, And even though my ship may pass from sight, It does not mean that this is the end, It simply means the river bends.

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), February 16, 2000.


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