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A Farewell

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 for ever.
But here will sigh thine alder tree
And here thine aspen shiver;
And here by thee will hum the bee,
For ever and for ever.
A thousand suns will stream on thee,
A thousand moons will quiver;
But not by thee my steps shall be,
For ever and for ever.
-Tennyson

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