parting song
Example Sentences
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"Certainly, I do; I have heard nothing so sweet as your voice, dear Edith, since I heard your last parting song."
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee
His parting song to Clarinda is, in the opinion of many literary men, the greatest love-song of its kind ever written.
From The Real Robert Burns by Hughes, J. L.
The night birds sang their parting song, and then came the almost utter silence of the night.
From Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West by Bonehill, Ralph
When the meeting broke up, they all came round in procession, shaking hands with the superintendent and the strangers present, and singing a parting song, "There's a meeting here to-night!"
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton
The company is then regaled with cakes and ale, and the revellers depart, pausing outside the door to sing a parting song of thanks and good wishes to their entertainers.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
