Epigraph
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown road before me leading wherever I choose.
Whitman.
Dedication
DEDICATED
TO THE MOST CHERISHED MEMORY OF
MY ONE-YEAR-OLD SON
WILLIAM AVERELL HISSEY
Darling, if Jesus rose,
Then thou in God’s sweet strength hast risen as well;
When o’er thy brow the solemn darkness fell,
It was but one moment of repose.
Thy love is mine—my deathless love to thee!
May God’s love guard us till all death is o’er,—
Till thine eyes meet my sorrowing eyes once more,—
Then guard us still, through all eternity!