Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EVERLASTING FAREWELLS, by ALICE MEYNELL


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First Line: Farewells!' o what a word!
Last Line: That yet behold the terror of his dreams.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): De Quincey, Thomas (1785-1859); Farewell; Parting


"Farewells!" O what a word!
Denying all De Quincey spoke or heard
In the infernal sadness of his nights.

How mend these strange "farewells"?
"Vale"? "Addio"? "Leb'wohl"? Not one but seems
A tranquil refutation; tolling bells
That yet behold the terror of his dreams.





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