Is thy ſweet Heart now grown ſo cold, / that loving Breaﬅ of thine; / That thou canﬅ never once reflect / on Old long ſyne. / [Chorus] On Old long ſyne my Jo, / on Old long ſyne, / That thou canﬅ never once reflect, / on Old long ſyne.]

Should auld acquaintance be forgot / And never brought to mind? / Should auld acquaintance be forgot, / And auld lang syne! / [Chorus] For auld lang syne my jo, / For auld lang syne, / We'll tak a cup of o' kindness yet for auld lang syne.

“I don’t see how we can make any return, unless you’ll be good enough to buy yourself a bit more tobacco.” / “My dear boy—if you’ll excuse me using such a word,” returned Bowcher, “I don’t want to rob you of your pocket money. If I’ve been any help to you—well, we’ll say it’s for ‘auld lang syne’.”

It is in ‘auld lang syne’ that we who are dead find our full despotic kingdom at last—that oneness of sway that even the truest, sweetest love can never assure us of while living.

He had to win Harper's respect on his own terms, on hers, even if that meant they were never more than old friends saying farewell for auld lang syne.

Auld lang syne

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Noun

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