William Baxter School-Girl's Parting Song (1853)

 

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L A D I E S '   R E P O S I T O R Y .
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S C H O O L - G I R L ' S   P A R T I N G   S O N G .
BY WM. BAXTER.
WE met to drink together,
    From learning's gushing spring;
And though we part in sadness,
    A parting song we'll sing.
We'll sing of joys we've tasted,
    Since first we gathered here;
And quell our rising sorrow,
    With words of hope and cheer.

Here friendship sweet has bound us,
    In her endearing chain;
We've shared each other's pleasures,
    And soothed each other's pain.
And though our lips are trembling,
    With the sad word--farewell,
We still shall be united
    By memory's magic spell.

But there is joy in sorrow;
    How many home hearts yearn;
How many tongues are waiting
    To hail our glad return!
We soon shall see a sister's
    A brother's well-known face,
And feel again, with rapture,
    A mother's warm embrace.

Then, farewell, though we sever,
    We trust again to meet
In this dear place, now rendered
    To every heart so sweet.
And if we here may never
    Again embrace in love,
May we be reunited,
    In the bright land above!

 

[The Ladies' Repository 13 (September 1853): 416.]

ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION

      William Baxter's "School-Girl's Parting Song" was first published in The Ladies' Repository: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, Vol. 13, No. 9, September 1853, p. 416. This volume, edited by D. W. Clark, was published in Cincinnati by L. Swormstedt and A. Poe and in New York by T. Carlton and Z. Phillips.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

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Updated 28 June 2003.

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