<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=540921" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Passing</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'The Passing'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>By<br>Charles L. East</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The hand of time<br>shall soon close itself about me.<br>The winds of winter foretell the final days<br>which demand I step into the endless depths of eternity…<br>powerless to deny it's irresistible command,<br>I must now accept repose beneath the silent<br>earth of the valley.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While reflecting in my quietest moments,<br>I sometimes ponder the hour of my birth<br>when I beheld in wonderment…<br>the fading, twinkling stardust upon my tiny hands,<br>and then how I followed, with such unfailing resolve and courage,<br>the burdened path destiny lay before me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The softly tolling bell proclaims my journey near an end,<br>at last… my duty done.<br>Weep not, nor utter regret,<br>for I shall touch the stars once more<br>and with…stardust covered fingers…begin the<br>journey once again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Charles+L.+East">Charles L. East</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=540921" data-title="The Passing de Charles L. East" data-description="'The Passing' By Charles L. East The hand of time shall soon close itself about me. The winds of winter foretell the final days which demand I step into the endless depths of eternity… powerless to deny it's irresistible command, I must now ..."></div> </div> </div>

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