parting song
Example Sentences
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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.
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
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
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
