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To: nickcarraway
Orlando Gibbons, "The Silver Swanne"

The silver Swanne, who, living, had no Note,
When Death approach’t unlock’t her silent throat.
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more:
“Farewell all joyes! O Death come close mine eyes!
More Geese than Swannes now live, more Fooles than wise.”

9 posted on 01/16/2024 5:20:22 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Is that what’s meant by “Swan Song”?


10 posted on 01/16/2024 5:34:43 PM PST by HandyDandy (Borders, language and culture. Michael Savage)
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