parting song

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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.

He soon after asked Edith for a parting song, and while listening to her sweet voice, as it mingled with the breezy strains of the harp, my excited spirit recovered its equilibrium.

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

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

When the meeting broke up, they all came round in procession, shaking hands with the superintendent and the strangers present, and singing a parting song, "There's a meeting here to-night!"

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton

She told her most amusing stories, and finally induced Sir Thomas Wynton and her brother, mother, and sister to join her in the parting song of "Auld Lang Syne."

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston