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When I Must Leave You.
When I must leave you
                   for a little while,
Please do not grieve
                         and shed wild tears
And hug your sorrow
                                   to you through the years,
But start out bravely
                         with a gallant smile;
And for my sake
                  and in my name
Live on and do
                                all the things the same,
Feed not your loneliness
                on empty days,
But fill each waking hour
                 in useful ways,
Reach out your hand
                                in comfort and in cheer
And I in turn will comfort you
                         and hold you near;
And never, never
                     be afraid to die,
For I am waiting
                        for you in the sky!
By
Helen Steiner Rice.