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 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 has 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 grlands dead,
And all but he departed!
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber`s chain has bound me,
Sad Mem`ry brings the light
Of other days around me.