Poems (Hale)/Farewell
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FAREWELL.
Farewell! a spell of magic power
Is lingering round this parting hour;
And deep within my spirit swell
Feelings which words in vain would tell.
Is lingering round this parting hour;
And deep within my spirit swell
Feelings which words in vain would tell.
Farewell! as strangers meet we met;
But now a holier seal is set:
As friends we breathe the parting strain,
Trusting in love to meet again.
But now a holier seal is set:
As friends we breathe the parting strain,
Trusting in love to meet again.
Farewell! thine eye with joy is bright;
Few be the clouds that-dim its light.
Thy heart,—a stranger may not know
Its secret bliss, its secret wo.
Few be the clouds that-dim its light.
Thy heart,—a stranger may not know
Its secret bliss, its secret wo.
Farewell! yet on that sweetest shrine
Love still would lay its gift divine;
And holy truth the offering seal,
Which words alone can ne'er reveal.
Love still would lay its gift divine;
And holy truth the offering seal,
Which words alone can ne'er reveal.
Farewell! the choicest gifts of Heaven,
To cheer thy onward path be given:
Thy life be blest with friends sincere,
The many kind, the few most dear.
To cheer thy onward path be given:
Thy life be blest with friends sincere,
The many kind, the few most dear.