Parting
Tonight we part forever, though it fills my heart with pain;
Love’s ties tonight you sever, my cup of joy you drain.
Pondering o’er the past I weep—no smiles for me you’ve shown;
Where roses grew now dark weeds creep, and I am sad and lone.
Though tonight we part, I shed no tears, so strange to you ’twill seem,
That I think of departed years and all that might have been;
Of happy days and faded flowers, of a heart that once was true;
Of joyful and dreary hours as I bid you, my love, adieu.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.