“So we must say Goodbye, my darling,
And go, as lovers go, for ever;
Tonight remains, to pack and fix on labels
And make an end of lying down together.”

— Alun Lewis

"Goodbye", line 1; p. 24.
Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets (1945)

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Welsh poet 1915–1944

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