My Legacy
My Legacy - meaning Summary
Legacy of a Friend's Life
The poem mourns a friend who has died while emphasizing what remains: a moral and spiritual inheritance. The speaker cherishes an ideal of calm hope, pure faith, and a love of beauty, but most of all the friend’s unblemished example of gracious living. Rather than dwelling on loss alone, the poem turns to gratitude and the sustaining power of a "sweet legacy" that guides and comforts the bereaved speaker.
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