[Autographs & Manuscripts] Riley, James Whitcomb Away Fair copy of his poem "Away", first published in his collection, Afterwhiles, Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1887. 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches. Mourning stationery; single-fold. This copy is composed of 12 lines in two stanzas while the published copy is in 24 lines in 12 stanzas (the additional lines start at "And loyal still…" and end at "…wet with rain.- "). He's just away. I cannot say-and I will not say That he is dead-He's just away With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand He has wandered away to an unknown land And left us dreaming, how very fair It needs must be-since he lingers there And you, O, you who the wildest mourn For the old time step and the glad return Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of There-as the love of Here Think of him still the same I say, He is not dead-he is just away. James Whitcomb Riley. Thursday, June 9-04. .
[Autographs & Manuscripts] Riley, James Whitcomb Away Fair copy of his poem "Away", first published in his collection, Afterwhiles, Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1887. 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches. Mourning stationery; single-fold. This copy is composed of 12 lines in two stanzas while the published copy is in 24 lines in 12 stanzas (the additional lines start at "And loyal still…" and end at "…wet with rain.- "). He's just away. I cannot say-and I will not say That he is dead-He's just away With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand He has wandered away to an unknown land And left us dreaming, how very fair It needs must be-since he lingers there And you, O, you who the wildest mourn For the old time step and the glad return Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of There-as the love of Here Think of him still the same I say, He is not dead-he is just away. James Whitcomb Riley. Thursday, June 9-04. .
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