Quote: James Whitcomb Riley

"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. …

Think of him still as the same, I say: He is not dead- he is just away!"

- James Whitcomb Riley, American Poet