parting song

Example Sentences

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Instead of the wedding song I was called upon to sing the parting song for the beloved pupil.

From Sixty Years of California Song by Alverson, Margaret Blake

The company is then regaled with cakes and ale, and the revellers depart, pausing outside the door to sing a parting song of thanks and good wishes to their entertainers.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

The light wind's voice Was muffled in requiem, mournful, low,— A parting song to Summer, sad, soft, And measured slow.

From Indian Legends of Minnesota by Severance, Cordenio A., Mrs.

The night birds sang their parting song, and then came the almost utter silence of the night.

From Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West by Bonehill, Ralph

I know not,—yet farewell   Sweet home of mine,—my parting song is o'er, And stranger forms among your bowers shall dwell,   Where I return no more.

From The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems by MacLean, Kate Seymour