Good-Bye, op. 59, no. 4

"Good-Bye" is the fourth song of Horatio Parker's Four Songs, Op. 59, published in 1904.

Date: 1904Composer: Horatio ParkerText: Christina Rossetti

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Good-Bye
by Christina Rossetti

“Good-bye in fear, good-bye in sorrow,
Good-bye, and all in vain,
Never to meet again, my dear” –
“Never to part again.”

“Good-bye today, good-bye tomorrow,
Good-bye till earth shall wane,
Never to meet again, my dear” –
“Never to part again.”

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