parting song
Example Sentences
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“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
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.
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
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
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.
