parting song

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

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