<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=450371" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Farewell</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He rides away with sword and spur,<br>Garbed in his warlike blazonry,<br>With gallant glance and smile for her<br>Upon the dim-lit balcony.<br>Her kiss upon his lips is warm,<br>Upon his breast he wears her rose,<br>From her fond arms to stress and storm<br>Of many a bannered field he goes. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He dreams of danger, glory, strife,<br>His voice is blithe, his hand is strong,<br>He rides perchance to death from life<br>And leaves his lady with a song;<br>But her blue-brimmed eyes are dim<br>With her deep anguish standing there,<br>Sending across the world with him<br>The dear, white guerdon of her prayer. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For her the lonely vigil waits<br>When ashen dawnlights come and go,<br>Each bringing through the future's gates<br>Its presages of fear and woe;<br>For her the watch with soul and heart<br>Grown sick with dread, as women may,<br>Yet keeping still her pain apart<br>From the wan duties of the day. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Tis hers to walk when sunsets yield<br>Their painted splendors to the skies,<br>And dream on some far battlefield<br>Perchance alone, unwatched, he dies;<br>'Tis hers to kneel in patient prayer<br>When midnight stars keep sentinel,<br>Lest the chill death-dews damp the hair<br>Upon the brow she loves so well. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So stands she, white and sad and sweet,<br>Upon the latticed balcony,<br>From golden hair to slender feet<br>No lady is so fair as she;<br>He loves her true, he holds her dear,<br>But he must ride on dangerous quest,<br>With gallant glance and smile of cheer,<br>And her red rose upon his breast.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lucy+Maud+Montgomery">Lucy Maud Montgomery</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=450371" data-title="The Farewell de Lucy Maud Montgomery" data-description="He rides away with sword and spur, Garbed in his warlike blazonry, With gallant glance and smile for her Upon the dim-lit balcony. Her kiss upon his lips is warm, Upon his breast he wears her rose, From her fond arms to stress and storm Of many a ..."></div> </div> </div>

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