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A FAREWELL by HARRIET MONROE

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First Line: GOODBYE: NO, DO NOT GRIEVE THAT IT IS OVER
Last Line: LET THE LEAVES FALL.
GOOD-BY: nay, do not grieve that it is over --
The perfect hour;
That the winged joy, sweet honey-loving rover,
Flits from the flower.

Grieve not, -- it is the law. Love will be flying --
Yea, love and all.
Glad was the living; blessed be the dying!
Let the leaves fall.



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