Yet, on the whole, our good Saint-Pierre is musical, poetical though most morbid: we will call his Book the swan-song of old dying France.
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Swan song
Synonyms for "swan song" (128 found)
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addendumafterthoughtapodosisappendixback matterbenefitbillcatastropheceasingcessationchant du cygnechoral servicechoruscodacodicilcolophonconclusionconsequenceconsummationcontinuance
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death songdebutdeceasedenouementdestinationdestinydoomdouble takedying wordseffecteisteddfodendend pointendingentertainmentenvoiepilogueeschatologyexhibitexhibition
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expirationfarewell performancefatefinal solutionfinal twitchfinal wordsfinalefinalityfinisfinishflesh showfolk-music festivalfolk-singfollow throughfollow upfollow-throughfollow-upgoal
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hootenannyizzardjam sessionlastlast breathlast gasplast thingslast trumpetlast wordlast wordslatter endmusic festivalmusicaleomegaopera festivalparthian shotparting shotpayoffperformanceperiod
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perorationpostfacepostfixpostludepostscriptpremierepresentationpresentmentproductionpsquietusrefrainresolutionresting placerock festivalsecond thoughtsequelsequelasequelaesequelantsequentsequiturservice of songshowsingsing-insingfestsingingstage presentationstoppagestopping placesubscriptsuffixsupplementtagtermterminalterminationterminustheatrical performancetryoutwindupz
Noun(1 words)
last hurrah
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In no other way can be explained our sacrifices and martyrdoms. For no other reason did Rudolph Mendenhall flame out his soul for the Cause and sing his wild swan-song that last night of life.
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"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"[…]—a pretentious volume which Mark Twain really considered his last. "It's my swan-song, my retirement from literature permanently," he wrote Howells, though certainly he was young, fifty-four, to have reached this conclusion.
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Je ne parle pas français. That was her swan song for me.
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