Here you will find the Poem To A Departing Favorite of poet George Moses Horton
Thou mayst retire, but think of me When thou art gone afar, Where'er in life thy travels be, If tost along the brackish sea, Or borne upon the car. Thou mayst retire, I care not where, Thy name my theme shall be; With thee in heart I shall be there, Content thy good or ill to share, If dead to lodge with thee. Thou mayst retire beyond the deep, And leave thy sister train, To roam the wilds where dangers sleep, And leave affection sad to weep In bitterness and pain. Thou mayst retire, and yet be glad To leave me thus alone, Lamenting and bewailing sad; Farewell, thy sunk deluded lad May rise when thou art gone.
