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A VALEDICTION by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON

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First Line: IF WE MUST PART
Last Line: "BUT WORDS ARE WEAK."
IF we must part,
Then let it be like this;
Not heart on heart,
Nor with the useless anguish of a kiss;
But touch mine hand and say:
"Until to-morrow or some other day,
If we must part."

Words are so weak
When love hath been so strong:
Let silence speak:
"Life is a little while, and love is long;
A time to sow and reap,
And after harvest a long time to sleep,
But words are weak."



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