Fiddler's Farewell/Let not My Death . . .

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Fiddler's Farewell
by Leonora Speyer
Let not My Death . . .
4503544Fiddler's Farewell — Let not My Death . . .Leonora Speyer
Let not my death be long,
But light
As a bird's swinging;
Happy decision in the height
Of song—
Then flight
From off the ultimate bough!
And let my wing be strong,
And my last note the first
Of another's singing.
See to it, Thou!