parting song

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I know not,—yet farewell   Sweet home of mine,—my parting song is o'er, And stranger forms among your bowers shall dwell,   Where I return no more.

From The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems by MacLean, Kate Seymour

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

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

Arion chose the latter, and as a last favour begged permission to sing a parting song.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

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