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SIR EGLAMOUR'S FAREWELL by JOHN DRINKWATER

Poet Analysis

First Line: BECAUSE YOU BID ME GO, AND SET ASIDE
Last Line: ENOUGH! I KNOW MY NORTH.
Subject(s): FAREWELL; PARTING;

BECAUSE you bid me go, and set aside
All that our love had been,
The praise, the dedication of a bride,
The kingdom of a queen --

I go, too proud to question. But I'll wear
No favour riding forth --
All words of poor compassioning forbear --
Enough! I know my north.



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