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A Poem by Thomas Moore

john baker, January 5th, 2014. One comment. Filed under literature, quotations.

Oft, in the Stilly Night

Oft, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber’s chain has bound me,
Fond memory brings 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 dimm’d and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber’s chain hath bound me,
Sad memory 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!
Thus, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber’s chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
Of other days around me.

Thomas Moore
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One Response to “A Poem by Thomas Moore”

  1. Susan Russo Anderson says:
    17th January 2014 at 1:39 am

    I love the leaves and the stilly night. Love the poem, it’s so true, so damn melancholy. the words bang against my brain and shake out new thoughts. Like the leaves.