My friend has gone away from me <br />From shadow into perfect light, <br />But leaving a sweet legacy. <br /> <br />My heart shall hold it long in fee <br />A grand ideal, calm and bright, <br />A song of hope for ministry, <br /> <br />A faith of unstained purity, <br />A thought of beauty for delight <br />These did my friend bequeath to me; <br /> <br />And, more than even these can be, <br />The worthy pattern of a white, <br />Unmarred life lived most graciously. <br /> <br />Dear comrade, loyal thanks to thee <br />Who now hath fared beyond my sight, <br />My friend has gone away from me, <br />But leaving a sweet legacy.<br /><br />Lucy Maud Montgomery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-legacy/
