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Pardon the faults in me, / For the love of years ago: / Good by. / I must drift across the sea, / I must sink into the snow, / I must die.
You can bask in this sun, / You can drink wine, and eat: / Good by. / I must gird myself and run, / Though with unready feet: / I must die.
Blank sea to sail upon, / Cold bed to sleep in: / Good by. / While you clasp, I must be gone / For all your weeping: / I must die.
A kiss for one friend, / And a word for two, -- / Good by: -- / A lock that you must send, / A kindness you must do: / I must die.
Not a word for you, / Not a lock or kiss, / Good by. / We, one, must part in two: / Verily death is this: / I must die.