The Parting

Goodbye forever—you are free! The love I gave returns to me, To die in loneliness and pain Because I lavished it in vain; Your fickle heart knows no regret, Mine also shall forget—forget!

Goodbye forever! I will find A balm for healing wounds unkind; Though old loves die, new loves are born, To solace hearts like mine forlorn, And something whispers that for me A truer love is yet to be.

Goodbye forever! You have had The joy of making one heart sad, But such a pleasure yet may turn To memories that stab and burn; And life, someday, may bring to you The retribution that is due.