parting song
Example Sentences
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Why did he not pour forth a parting song Expressive of his feelings—always strong?
From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas
Then the parting song was sung, and the students retired to their rooms in one of the college dormitories.
From Walter Sherwood's Probation by Alger, Horatio
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 light wind's voice Was muffled in requiem, mournful, low,— A parting song to Summer, sad, soft, And measured slow.
From Indian Legends of Minnesota by Severance, Cordenio A., Mrs.
They bade farewell, German student fashion, singing together beforehand the parting song Abschied.
From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 by Tytler, Sarah
