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First Line: Farewell, my more than fatherland!
Last Line: To leave with them and thee behind!
Subject(s): United States; America


FAREWELL, my more than fatherland!
Home of my heart and friends, adieu!
Lingering beside some foreign strand,
How oft shall I remember you!
How often, o'er the waters blue,
Send back a sigh to those I leave,
The loving and beloved few,
Who grieve for me, -- for whom I grieve!

We part! -- no matter how we part,
There are some thoughts we utter not,
Deep treasured in our inmost heart,
Never revealed, and ne'er forgot!
Why murmur at the common lot?
We part! -- I speak not of the pain, --
But when shall I each lovely spot
And each loved face behold again?

It must be months, -- it may be years, --
It may -- but no! -- I will not fill
Fond hearts with gloom, -- fond eyes with tears,
"Curious to shape uncertain ill."
Though humble, -- few and far, -- yet, still
Those hearts and eyes are ever dear;
Theirs is the love no time can chill,
The truth no chance or change can sear!

All I have seen, and all I see,
Only endears them more and more;
Friends cool, hopes fade, and hours flee,
Affection lives when all is o'er!
Farewell, my more than native shore!
I do not seek or hope to find,
Roam where I will, what I deplore
To leave with them and thee behind!





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