The Farewell + 

Farewell!⁠—but thou wilt soon forget + 

The stranger thou hast seen, + 

And in the gay and busy world, + 

Forget that I have been. + 

And thought of me will scarce intrude, + 

When other forms are nigh; + 

Who, decked in beauty’s bright array, + 

Shall pass before thine eye. + 

Another’s lips will charm thee then, + 

Another’s voice will praise; + 

Thou wilt forget we e’er have met + 

In past and happy days. + 

And thou wilt scarcely deign to think + 

Of friendship’s early dream, + 

Or cast one glance, in after years, + 

On this poor offering. + 

Farewell⁠—farewell!⁠—’twere better far + 

That we had never met, + 

Than meeting one brief moment here, + 

To part⁠—and then forget. + 