parting song
Example Sentences
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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
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 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
He soon after asked Edith for a parting song, and while listening to her sweet voice, as it mingled with the breezy strains of the harp, my excited spirit recovered its equilibrium.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee
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
