Farewell Poems

'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.'
'Hang on, ' said a man from the shore.
'Help, help, ' said the man. 'I'm not clowning.'
'Yes, I know, I heard you before.
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Where are you, my beloved? Are you in that little
Paradise, watering the flowers who look upon you
As infants look upon the breast of their mothers?
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A fond kiss, and then we sever;
A farewell, and then forever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
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Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
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The dark wings of night enfolded the city upon which Nature had spread a pure white garment of snow; and men deserted the streets for their houses in search of warmth, while the north wind probed in contemplation of laying waste the gardens...
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All Things will Die

Clearly the blue river chimes in its flowing
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Hey Father Death, I'm flying home
Hey poor man, you're all alone
Hey old daddy, I know where I'm going
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Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea,
Thy tribute wave deliver:
No more by thee my steps shall be,
For ever and for ever.
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It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
`By thy long beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me ?
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I

My fairest child, I have no song to give you;
No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey:
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War is never over
Thought the treaties may be signed
The memories of the battles
Are forever in our minds
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The sun descending in the west,
The evening star does shine;
The birds are silent in their nest,
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Part One - The Calling


Let me sleep, for my soul is intoxicated with love and
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Out of the starless night that covers me,
(O tribulation of the wind that rolls!)
Black as the cloud of some tremendous spell,
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Sent to a friend who had complained that I was glad enough to see
him when he came, but didn't seem to miss him if he stayed away.

And cannot pleasures, while they last,
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Not under foreign skies
Nor under foreign wings protected -
I shared all this with my own people
There, where misfortune had abandoned us.
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Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
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Farewell!--God knows when we shall meet again.
I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins
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Farewell to thee! but not farewell
To all my fondest thoughts of thee:
Within my heart they still shall dwell;
And they shall cheer and comfort me.
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I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers!
I bow to you all and take my departure.

Here I give back the keys of my door
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Farewell to War, a good poetry theme
I'm sure, but to be quite candid
And completely honest, how else
Will they continue to control us, the masses?
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Goodbye, England's Queen!

Alas! The death of Queen Elizabeth, the Second, is declared;
From the Scottish Highlands, the specter of grief appeared,
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At the night noon
Shining the moon,
Trunks of the trees covered by moss...
Forest is lone
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Farewell auld Sam, rest peaceful now
By gum thae's led a life
For it is time to go and renew
The friendship wi thi wife
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How gladly I saw the widower a sprig of roses*
(shears in th'other hand, he was just pruning) the lady give.

I still see how the eye, the maiden's eye moist light farewell
(by the troop-ship, by the troop-ship) had to bide farewell
bide not had to farewell bide.
Toot-toot. Farewell is. Pain a descending octave.

(Each tear was one in butter ration room temperature Holland.)

Were I to return in this flesh, the body full
(Two, three minutes out of time, life no regret) full of plopper wounds.
I married, bred, watched tv, fire, fire, fire, fire in the sweet village.
Today I lost my passport. My wife said: ‘Here. Take better care, man.'



* With the melody of hymn 138 in mind.
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Oh my dear
Death is here
Upon this saddening life
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She comes draped in agony
A year here too late
As fate is today
But a farewell.
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Say farewell to your loved ones.

Say farewell to your loved ones,
as though this is your last,
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My forever life partners,
I apprise MY last farewell.
Now you farewell to me,
My Farewell's littoral has coming.
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