Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST GOOD-BYE, by ELIZA COOK Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell! Farewell! Is often heard Last Line: "a long, a last ""good-bye." Subject(s): Absence; Friendship; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
Farewell! Farewell! is often heard From the lips of those who part: 'Tis a whispered tone, 'tis a gentle word, But it springs not from the heart. It may serve for the lover's lay, To be sung 'neath a summer sky; But give me the lips that say The honest words, "Good-bye!" Adieu! Adieu! may greet the ear In the guise of courtly speech; But when we leave the kind and dear, 'Tis not what the soul would teach. Whene'er we grasp the hands of those We would have forever nigh, The flame of friendship burns and glows In the warm, frank words, "Good-bye!" The mother sending forth her child To meet with cares and strife, Breathes through her tears her doubts and fears For the loved one's future life. No cold "adieu," no "farewell" lives Within her choking sigh; But the deepest sob of anguish gives, "God bless thee, boy! -- Good-bye!" Go watch the pale and dying one, When the glance has lost its beam -- When the brow is cold as the marble stone, And the world a passing dream; And the latest pressure of the hand, The look of the closing eye, Yield what the heart must understand -- A long, a last "Good-bye." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN |
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