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Rh No regret, no blaming;

Absence has not shaken:

Far apart, still close in heart;

Undoubting, unforsaken.

As the circle narrows

We draw near and nearer;

So, old friend! as comes the end

Thou art dearer, dearer.

TO E. C. S.

"TELL ME GOOD-BY"