These four are Hope, Fidelity, Forgiveness proud, Remembrance, who like sentinels, with heads unbowed, To guard the eternal things from shocks of Time are vowed. ADIEU ADI DIEU! je crois qu'en cette vie Dieu passe, il t'appelle et m'oublie, Pas de pleurs, pas de plainte vaine, Vienne la voile qui t'emmène, Tu t'en vas pleine d'espérance, Mais ceux qui vont souffrir de ton absence Adieu! tu vas faire un beau rêve, Et t'enivrer d'un plaisir dangereux : FAREWELL! for I think that below I never shall see thy face more; God passeth, He biddeth thee go No weeping, no useless lament! I can pay to the future its due; Come the sail that for thee has been sent, I shall smile as I bid it Adieu. Full of hope art thou, going away, Farewell! a bright dream is in store, Thou wilt drink to the lees of delight, |