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SAY NOT GOOD-BYE by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD

First Line: WHO KNOWS IF WE SHALL MEET AGAIN?
Last Line: SAY NOT GOOD-BYE!
Subject(s): FAREWELL; FEAR; HEARTS; LOVE; PAIN; PARTING; SUFFERING; MISERY;

Who knows if we shall meet again?
Behind each parting lurks a fear;
We smile, to hide the haunting pain,
The rising tear.

You tell me we shall meet, . . . but where?
The way is dark, the world is wide;
I only see in my despair
Our paths divide.
You say that we shall meet, . . . but how?
The years slip by, and make us old;
'Tis easy to forget love's vow,
When hearts grow cold.

Why part, then, if we do not know?
(Dear God, if one of us should die!)
I cannot, will not, let thee go!
Say not Good-bye!



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