| Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916. | | | XIII. Farewell
Adieu | | By Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) |
| | | LET time and chance combine, combine, | |
| Let time and chance combine; | |
| The fairest love from heaven above, | |
| That love of yours was mine, | |
| My dear, | 5 |
| That love of yours was mine. | |
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| The past is fled and gone, and gone, | |
| The past is fled and gone; | |
| If nought but pain to me remain, | |
| I’ll fare in memory on, | 10 |
| My dear, | |
| I’ll fare in memory on. | |
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| The saddest tears must fall, must fall, | |
| The saddest tears must fall; | |
| In weal or woe, in this world below, | 15 |
| I love you ever and all, | |
| My dear, | |
| I love you ever and all. | |
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| A long road full of pain, of pain, | |
| A long road full of pain; | 20 |
| One soul, one heart, sworn ne’er to part,— | |
| We ne’er can meet again, | |
| My dear, | |
| We ne’er can meet again. | |
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| Hard fate will not allow, allow, | 25 |
| Hard fate will not allow; | |
| We blessed were as the angels are,— | |
| Adieu forever now, | |
| My dear, | |
| Adieu forever now. | 30 | | | |
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