Thanks, Joel, that's a beautiful song. And Henley poem (it's the last of 3
verses) was poignant because the grave was for his young daughter, buried at
the home of a friend away from the family home. Then on the back of the
daughter's stone is the inscription for Henley and his wife, later.
Allegedly, the daughter was the inspiration for Wendy in Peter Pan, and Henley
the inspiration for Long John Silver in Treasure Island.
Cheers
Chris
On 5 Feb 2012, at 20:25, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>> The poem on his gravestone (also that of his daughter and of his wife)
>> goes,
>>
>> “So be my passing
>> My task accomplished and the long day done
>> My wages taken, and in my heart
>> Some late lark singing
>> Let me be gathered in the quiet west
>> The sundown splendid and serene, Death.”
>
> Something like the haunting song "Into the West" at the end of Jackson's
> last film in the Tolkien trilogy, sung by Annie Lenox.
>
> Thanks for sharing, Chris.
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