to lovely Grace,
I cannot say and will not say
That she is dead, she's just away.
With a cheery smile and a wave of hand
She has wandered into an unknown land;
And left us dreaming how very fair
Its' needs must be, since she lingers there.
And you-oh you, who the wildest yearn
From the old-time step and the glad return-
Think of her faring on, as dear
In the love of there, as the love of here
Think her still the same way, I say;
She is not dead, she's just away.