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A FAREWELL [TO C.E.G.] by CHARLES KINGSLEY

First Line: MY FAIREST CHILD, I HAVE NO SONG TO GIVE YOU
Last Line: ONE GRAND, SWEET SONG.
Subject(s): FAREWELL; YOUTH; PARTING;
MY fairest child, I have no song to give you;
No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray;
Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you
For every day.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them, all day long:
And so make life, death, and that vast forever
One grand, sweet song.


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