| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Farewell to Salvini | | By Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896) |
| | | ALTHOUGH a curtain of the salt sea-mist | |
| May fall between the actor and our eyes— | |
| Although he change, for soft and dearer skies, | |
| These that the Spring has yet but coyly kist— | |
| Although the voice to which we loved to list | 5 |
| Fail ere the thunder of our plaudits dies— | |
| Although he part from us in gracious wise, | |
| With grateful Memory left his eulogist— | |
His best is with us still.
His perfect art | |
| Has held us ’twixt a heart-throb and a tear— | 10 |
| Cheating our souls to passionate belief: | |
| And in his greatness we have now some part— | |
| We have been courtiers of the crownless Lear, | |
| And partners in Othello’s mighty grief. | | | | |
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