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| Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?. |
| Parting |
| I humbly take my leave. Shakespeare.—King Richard III., Act IV. Scene 3. | 1 |
| We only part to meet again. Gay.—Black-eyed Susan, Verse 4. | 2 |
| And often took leave, but was loth to depart. Prior.—Thief and Cordelier, Verse 5. | 3 |
| There was shaking of hands and sorrow of heart, The hour was approaching when merry folks must part; So we call’d for our horses, and ask’d for our way, While the jolly old landlord said, “Nothing’s to pay.” Scott.—The Pirate, Chap. XXIII. | 4 |
| ’Tis the pang alone to part From those we love, that rends the heart; That agony to save, Some nameless power in nature strives, Our fading hope in death revives, And blossoms in the grave. Mrs. John Hunter.—To a Primrose. (Baillie’s Coll.) | 5 |
| This parting heart strikes poor lovers dumb. Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II. Scene 2. | 6 |
| Nay, ’twill be this hour ere I have done weeping;——here’s my mother’s breath up and down; now come I to my sister; mark the moan she makes; now the dog all this while sheds not a tear, nor speaks a word; but see how I lay the dust with my tears. Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II. Scene 3. | 7 |
| Excuse me, then; you know my heart; But dearest friends, alas! must part. Gay.—Fable 50, Line 61. | 8 |
| Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night till it be to-morrow. Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Scene 2. | 9 |
| Abruptness is an eloquence in parting, when spinning out the time is but the weaving of new sorrow. Sir John Suckling.—A Letter to his dear Princess. | 10 |
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