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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT, TO MEMORY DEAR, by RUTHVEN JENKYNS
First Line: Sweetheart, good-by! The fluttering sail
Last Line: Though lost to sight, to mem'ry dear.
Variant Title(s): Good Bye
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
First Line: Sweetheart, good-by! The fluttering sail
Last Line: Though lost to sight, to mem'ry dear.
Variant Title(s): Good Bye
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
SWEETHEART, good-by! The fluttering sail
Is spread to waft me far from thee,
And soon before the fav'ring gale
My ship shall bound upon the sea.
Perchance, all desolate and forlorn,
These eyes shall miss thee many a year,
But unforgotten every charm, --
Though lost to sight, to mem'ry dear.
Sweetheart, good-by! one last embrace!
O cruel Fate, true souls to sever!
Yet in this heart's most sacred place
Thou, thou alone shalt dwell forever!
And still shall recollection trace,
In Fancy's mirror, ever near,
Each smile, each tear, that form, that face, --
Though lost to sight, to mem'ry dear.
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