Edward Pollock. The Parting Hour (excerpt). Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. 1914. A Collection of Verse by California Poets

Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914.

The Parting Hour (excerpt)

By Edward Pollock


THERE’S something in the “parting hour,”
Will chill the warmest heart,
Yet kindred, comrades, lovers, friends,
Are fated all to part;
But this I’ve seen—and many a pang	5
Has pressed it on my mind—
The one that goes is happier
Than those he leaves behind.