Quote#Friendship
Life! we've been long together
Quote byAnna Laetitia Barbauld · 1743–1825
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1825), "Life", Vol. I, p. 261..
English (original)
Life! we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear,;br>Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good night, but in some brighter clime Bid me Good morning.
— Anna Laetitia Barbauld
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