#186 - Oft in The Stilly Night

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• Composer:
  • traditional Scottish
  • arr. Sir John Stevenson

    • #149 - The Last Rose of Summer
    • #186 - Oft in The Stilly Night
    • #2117 - 1. Twickenham Ferry / 2. Last Rose of Summer

    (1761-1833)
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• Incipit: 3321661551323433321661553121
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• Lyrics:
  Oft in the stilly night,
  Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
  Fond mem'ry brings the light
  Of other days around me;
  The smiles, the tears,
  Of childhood's years,
  The words of love then spoken;
  The eyes that shone,
  Now dimm'd and gone,
  The cheerful hearts now broken!
  
  chorus:
  Thus, in the stilly night,
  Ere slumber's chain hath bound me,
  Sad mem'ry brings 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!
  
  
  • Thomas Moore

    • #62 - Come Ye Disconsolate
    • #149 - The Last Rose of Summer
    • #165 - The Minstrel Boy
    • #186 - Oft in The Stilly Night
    • #2052 - How Dear to Me The Hour
    • #2117 - 1. Twickenham Ferry / 2. Last Rose of Summer

    (1779-1852), 1815