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by Unknown

I would not vex thee, waiting by thy side;

My presence should not chill thy fair young bride;

Only bethink thee how alone I lie:

To die and be forgotten were to die

A double death; and I deserve of thee

Some grace of memory, fair howe’er she be.

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THE LAST GOOD-BYE.[¹]

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