We scarcely ever hear
THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS
Oft in the stilly night
Ere slumber’s chain has bound me,
Fond memories bring the light
Of other days around me:
The smiles, the tears
Of boyhood’s years,
The words of love then spoken:
The eyes that shone,
Now dimmed and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber’s chain has bound me,
Sad memories bring the light
Of other days around me.
When I remember all
The friends so link’d together
I’ve seen around me fall
Like leaves in wintry weather,
I feel like one
Who treads alone
Some banquet-hall deserted,
Whose lights are fled,
Whose garlands dead
And all but he departed!
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber’s chain has bound me,
Sad memories bring the light
Of other days around me.