R.I.P. Robert

"I cannot say,

and I will not say

That he is dead -

He is just away.

With a cheery smile,

and a wave of the hand,

He has wandered

into an unknown land,

And left us dreaming

how very fair

It needs must be,

since he lingers there.

So think of him faring on,

as dear

In the love of There

as the love of Here,

Think of him still

as the same, I say:

He is not dead -

He is just away."

James Whitcomb Riley