parting song

Example Sentences

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As Hymen sang her parting song, Patsy scanned the sea of faces beyond the bank of juniper which served instead of footlights.

From Seven Miles to Arden by Sawyer, Ruth

Instead of the wedding song I was called upon to sing the parting song for the beloved pupil.

From Sixty Years of California Song by Alverson, Margaret Blake

“The parting song and then we say good-night,” said Zan, and the Woodcrafters all stood to join in the Indian hymn.

From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

She told her most amusing stories, and finally induced Sir Thomas Wynton and her brother, mother, and sister to join her in the parting song of "Auld Lang Syne."

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

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