parting song

Example Sentences

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“The parting song and then we say good-night,” said Zan, and the Woodcrafters all stood to join in the Indian hymn.

From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

Then the parting song was sung, and the students retired to their rooms in one of the college dormitories.

From Walter Sherwood's Probation by Alger, Horatio

Why did he not pour forth a parting song Expressive of his feelings—always strong?

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas

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

"Certainly, I do; I have heard nothing so sweet as your voice, dear Edith, since I heard your last parting song."

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee