Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PARTING SONG, by WILLIAM AITKEN


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A PARTING SONG, by                    
First Line: We met -'twas a meeting - our journeys must part
Last Line: And oh! We may never behold him again.
Subject(s): Loss


WE met -- 'twas a meeting -- our journeys must part;
God speed thee! -- the greeting went heart into heart,
As one after another his tribute let fall,
But the voice of our brother was sadder than all.
'Twas the hour that must sever our lives' golden chain,
And oh! we might never behold him again.

Hearts that seldom knew sorrow for once felt the sting;
For we knew what the morrow was destin'd to bring --
Tears to our eyes starting 'mid silence profound,
As our tokens of parting were handed around.
'Twas the hour that must sever our lives' golden chain,
For oh! we might never behold him again.

Not the short-lived affection grown up in an hour,
Like the rainbow's reflection that shines with the show'r;
Not the butterfly kinship a summer day rears,
Ours was more -- 'twas a friendship, the outcome of years.
But the wild waves must sever our lives' golden chain,
And oh! we may never behold him again.





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