Bohemian Poems, Ancient and Modern/Farewell

by Václav Hanka

For works with similar titles, see Farewell.

FAREWELL.

 

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FARE thee well, forget me not!
Grant me in thy memory place,
Canst thou me no further grace;
More my fate alloweth not.

Fare thee well, forget me not!
Ever dearest of my heart,
From my sad thoughts ne’er to part,
Long as life departeth not!

Fare thee well, forget me not!
Till we here have mourn’d enough,
Till we here have home enough,
Till thy fate more claimeth not,
Fare thee well, forget me not!