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"Good-bye, my friend! " / He takes her hand- / The pressures blend: / They understand / But vaguely why, with drooping eye, / Each moans-"Good-bye! -Good-bye!"
"Dear friend, good-bye! " / O she could smile / If she might cry / A little while! - / She says, "I _ought_ to smile-but I- / Forgive me-_There! _-Good-bye!"
"‘Good-bye? ' Ah, no: / I hate," says he, / "These ‘good-byes' so! " / "And _I_," says she, / "Detest them so-why, I should _die_ / Were this a _real_ ‘good-bye! "