Say farewell, and let me go; <br />Shatter every vow! <br />All the future can bestow <br />Will be welcome now! <br />And if this fair hand I touch <br />I have worshipped overmuch, <br />It was my mistake--and so, <br />Say farewell, and let me go. <br /> <br />Say farewell, and let me go: <br />Murmur no regret, <br />Stay your tear-drops ere they flow-- <br />Do not waste them yet! <br />They might pour as pours the rain, <br />And not wash away the pain: <br />I have tried them and I know.-- <br />Say farewell, and let me go. <br /> <br />Say farewell, and let me go: <br />Think me not untrue-- <br />True as truth is, even so <br />I am true to you! <br />If the ghost of love may stay <br />Where my fond heart dies to-day, <br />I am with you alway--so, <br />Say farewell, and let me go.<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-of-parting/
