Bid me sigh it in thine ear, <br />I may scarce its utterance tell; <br />Bid me hide it in a tear, <br />'Tis the word—farewell! farewell! <br />When away you may forget <br />O'er the parting scene to dwell, <br />I will treasure fondly yet <br />The sad word—farewell! farewell! <br />Still its knell is on mine ear, <br />Still do sighs my bosom swell, <br />Still unbidden flows the tear <br />O'er that word—farewell! farewell! <br />Go—forget—when all is past, <br />Love which then may lose its spell, <br />Yet a love like mine must last <br />Beyond the word—farewell! farewell!<br /><br />Edward Henry Bickersteth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-the-farewell/
