Excerpt from In Memoriam: Obituary and Addresses of the Late Prof. John F. Stoddard, Whose Life-Work on Earth Was Ended August 6th, 1873
The path of life may wind,
The pace be swift or slow,
A shadow walks behind.
Wherever we may go.
We see it not, but sometimes hear
The echo of a footfall near.
The pilgrim feet may press
The fragrant turf or thorn;
His way be pleasantness,
Or oft by tear drops worn.
In every place, in every scene,
Ourselves, and Death, one step between.
That step will us divide.
Until the Master say.
This spirit I confide
To wing from earth away:
And then beside us he will stand.
Our escort to the better land.
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