FAREWELL.
Farewell! a word that must be, and hath been—
A sound which makes us linger;—yet—farewell.
Childe Harold, Canto IV. LORD BYRON.
All farewells should be sudden, when forever,
Else they make an eternity of moments,
And clog the last sad sands of life with tears.
Sardanapalus. LORD BYRON.
So sweetly she bade me "Adieu,"
I thought that she bade me return.
A Pastoral. W. SHENSTONE.
He turned him right and round about
Upon the Irish shore,
And gae his bridle reins a shake,
With Adieu for evermore,
My dear,
With Adieu for evermore.
It was a' for our Rightfu' King. R. BURNS.
And so, without more circumstance at all,
I hold it fit, that we shake hands and part.
Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 5. SHAKESPEARE.
Fare thee well;
The elements be kind to thee, and make
Thy spirits all of comfort!
Antony and Cleopatra, Act iii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Alas, and farewell! But there's no use in grieving,
For life is made up of loving and leaving.
Written in an Album. R.W. RAYMOND.