Read full poem →For me, the vernal garlands bloom no more.
Adieu! fond hope of mutual fire,
The still believing, still-renew'd desire;
Dictionary Entry
A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.
In a Sentence
“We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. adieuadieu bidadieu badeadieu biddingadieu lastadieu finaladieu say
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Poetry examples for “adieu”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The man that loves and laughs, must sure do well.
Adieu--if this advice appear the worst,
E'en take the counsel which I gave you first:
Read full poem →And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere.
Withers, adieu! yet not with thee remove
Thy martial spirit, or thy social love!
Read full poem →2 Soft B----s and rough C----s, adieu!
Earl Warwick, make your moan,
Read full poem →We thrive at Westminster on fools like you:
'Twas a fat oyster--live in peace--adieu.'
Read full poem →Adieu, my children! better thus expire
Unstall'd, unsold; thus glorious mount in fire,
Read full poem →Who would leave you for the sun?
Happy soil, adieu, adieu!
Read full poem →Coupled with mate loving and true,
Hath also bid her dam adieu;
And where Aurora first appears,
Read full poem →Mary will finish; and Susan is writing, they say, to Sophia.
Adieu, dearest Louise,—evermore your faithful Georgina.
Who can a Mr. Claude be whom George has taken to be with?
Read full poem →Yet I suppose this change can hardly as yet be effected.
Adieu again,--evermore, my dearest, your loving Georgina.