Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A GOODBYE; BOURNEMOUTH, MARCH 22, 1898, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR


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A GOODBYE; BOURNEMOUTH, MARCH 22, 1898, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Shall we see our dear nestor go by?
Last Line: And the land you love!
Subject(s): Farewell; Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898); Old Age; Towns; Parting


Shall we see our dear Nestor go by?
Will the windows be down?
Will he wave us a great goodbye
As he leaves this town?

Oh no, he is not as strong
As of old when his work
Was a Quixote's wrestle with wrong
For Celt—against Turk.

I am going to London today:
I may watch and take note:
I've a seat at a poignant play,
And a lump in my throat.

'God bless you!' we cry as he goes
To his place in the train.
The Hero who struck at such woes
Is pallid with pain.

Will an eloquent voice be heard?
Will he strike his old note?
Will he scourge the Debased and Absurd,
Nor dream of a vote?

Lo, a light of old on that face,
A fire from above!
God bless you all in this place
And the land you love!





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