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“Farewell to thee, Araby’s daughter” From “The Fire-Worshippers” FAREWELL,—farewell to thee, Araby’s daughter! (Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea;) No pearl ever lay under Oman’s green water More pure in its shell than thy spirit in thee. O, fair as the sea-flower close to thee... Poet: Thomas Moore	“Farewell, Life” Written During Sickness, April, 1845 FAREWELL, life! my senses swim, And the world is growing dim; Thronging shadows cloud the light, Like the advent of the night,— Colder, colder, colder still, Upward steals a vapor chill; Strong the... Poet: Thomas Hood	Farewell I Strove with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life,— It sinks, and I am ready to depart. Poet: Walter Savage Landor	A Farewell Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea Thy tribute wave deliver: No more by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea, A rivulet then a river: No where by thee my steps shall be, For ever and... Poet: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
A Farewell to Tobacco MAY the Babylonish curse Straight confound my stammering verse, If I can a passage see In this word-perplexity, Or a fit expression find, Or a language to my mind (Still the phrase is wide or scant), To take leave of thee, GREAT PLANT!... Poet: Charles Lamb	Farewell of the Soul to the Body Companion dear, the hour draws nigh, The sentence speeds—to die, to die. So long in mystic union held, So close with strong embrace compelled, How canst thou bear the... Poet:	A farewell to Ole Bull There was a fountain in my heart Whose deeps had not been stirred; A thirst for music in my soul My ear had never heard; -- A feeling of the incomplete ... Poet:	"Farewell, Farewell, Unwashed Russia" Farewell, farewell, unwashed Russia, The land of slaves, the land of lords, And you, blue uniforms of gendarmes, And you, obedient to them folks. Perhaps beyond Caucasian mountains I’ll hide myself from your... Poet: