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theoldwolfOn June 9th, our beloved Céilidh crossed over the Rainbow Bridge, after a life of devotion, companionship and compassion. She will be sorely missed, until we are reunited.
by Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
I’ve changed my ways a little; I cannot now
Run with you in the evenings along the shore,
Except in a kind of dream; and you,
If you dream a moment,
You see me there.
So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front door
Where I used to scratch to go out or in,
And you’d soon open; leave on the kitchen floor
The marks of my drinking-pan.
I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do
On the warm stone,
Nor at the foot of your bed; no,
All the nights through I lie alone.
But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet
Outside your window where firelight so often plays,
And where you sit to read‚
And I fear often grieving for me‚
Every night your lamplight lies on my place.
You, man and woman, live so long, it is hard
To think of you ever dying.
A little dog would get tired, living so long.
I hope that when you are lying
Under the ground like me your lives will appear
As good and joyful as mine.
No, dears, that’s too much hope:
You are not so well cared for as I have been.
And never have known the passionate undivided
Fidelities that I knew.
Your minds are perhaps too active, too many-sided…
But to me you were true.
You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend.
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end,
I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.
❦
Avalanche & Céilidh
The quintessential Céilidh
The House Dog’s Grave
by Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
I’ve changed my ways a little; I cannot now
Run with you in the evenings along the shore,
Except in a kind of dream; and you,
If you dream a moment,
You see me there.
So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front door
Where I used to scratch to go out or in,
And you’d soon open; leave on the kitchen floor
The marks of my drinking-pan.
I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do
On the warm stone,
Nor at the foot of your bed; no,
All the nights through I lie alone.
But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet
Outside your window where firelight so often plays,
And where you sit to read‚
And I fear often grieving for me‚
Every night your lamplight lies on my place.
You, man and woman, live so long, it is hard
To think of you ever dying.
A little dog would get tired, living so long.
I hope that when you are lying
Under the ground like me your lives will appear
As good and joyful as mine.
No, dears, that’s too much hope:
You are not so well cared for as I have been.
And never have known the passionate undivided
Fidelities that I knew.
Your minds are perhaps too active, too many-sided…
But to me you were true.
You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend.
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end,
I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.
❦
Avalanche & Céilidh
The quintessential Céilidh
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Date: 2010-06-11 01:42 am (UTC)*hug*
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Date: 2010-06-11 02:38 am (UTC)Edited...thevenbede
Condolences
Date: 2010-06-11 03:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-11 09:41 am (UTC)Sorry for your loss
Date: 2010-06-11 11:00 am (UTC)TheSkulker
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Date: 2010-06-11 11:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-11 12:23 pm (UTC)old friends await us across the rainbow bridge
Date: 2010-06-11 12:35 pm (UTC)*HUGS*
... nothing I can say, but *HUGS*
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Date: 2010-06-11 12:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-06-11 02:15 pm (UTC)The poem is sweet and so apparently was she. I should compose the feline equivalent if there isn't one.
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Date: 2010-06-11 03:18 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2010-06-12 01:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-12 12:39 pm (UTC)Big ((HUGS)) Olde Wolf
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