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Farewell! There is a spell within the word: Methinks I never heard it sound so mournful; Oh, thou subdued, oft scarce articulate sound, How powerful thou art! How strong to move The hidden strings that guide us puppet mortals! Pass-word of memory—of by-gone days— Thou everlasting epitaph—is there A land in which thou hast no dwelling-place? Wherein may be nor pageantry nor pride, Nor altars, save the pure one of the heart, Nor tombs, except for sorrow; and no tears; There is a world, Oh God, where human lips May say Farewell! no more.
Farewell! There is a spell within the word: Methinks I never heard it sound so mournful; Oh, thou subdued, oft scarce articulate sound, How powerful thou art! How strong to move The hidden strings that guide us puppet mortals! Pass-word of memory—of by-gone days— Thou everlasting epitaph—is there A land in which thou hast no dwelling-place? Wherein may be nor pageantry nor pride, Nor altars, save the pure one of the heart, Nor tombs, except for sorrow; and no tears; There is a world, Oh God, where human lips May say Farewell! no more.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Dilnot Sladden (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 218 · printed citation: Dilnot Sladden · subject: FAREWELL
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