Ode to a dear friend depart’d

Was a life ever made sweeter from having known such a friend? 

It could not have been. 

Was there ever kinder eyes, a gentler face, a truer heart? 

There could not have been. 

Was that you I heard running t’ward me just then? 

It could not have been. 

Oh, but if ’twere,

I would ne’er be sad,

Ne’er have fear,

Ne’er be lost again;

I would be home once more.

– Anonymous, 17th c. song

. . .au revoir, mon ami.

– Coco