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A Farewell

Alfred Lord Tennyson·1809–1891
Lines:16Movement:Victorian
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:Nowhere 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.