Time long past
Language:
English
Like the ghost of a dear friend dead
Is Time long past.
A tone which is now forever fled,
A hope which is now forever past,
A love so sweet it could not last,
Was Time long past.
There were sweet dreams in the night
Of Time long past:
And, was it sadness or delight,
Each day a shadow onward cast
Which made us wish it yet might last--
That Time long past.
There is regret, almost remorse,
For Time long past.
'Tis like a child's beloved corse
A father watches, till at last
Beauty is like remembrance, cast
From Time long past.
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
 by G. Barrington-Baker
, "Time long past", published 1924 [SATB], no. 15125
by E. M. Lawrence
, "Time long past", published 1879. [SATB a cappella]
by John Storer
, "Time long past", 1887, from Six Vocal Impromptus, no. 3
Set in
Italian,
a translation of
Roberto Ascoli
ITA
Set in
German,
a translation of
(Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816-1873)
ITA
[text unavailable]
Date added to the website: 2005-01-28.
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Tempi assai lontani
Language:
Italian
Come l'ombra di cara estinta vita
Sono i giorni lontani:
Un'armonia per sempre omai fuggita,
Una speme per sempre omai vanita,
Un dolce amor che non avrà domani
Sono i giorni lontani.
E quanti sogni nella notte fonda
Di quel tempo passato!
Ogni giorno parea triste o gioconda ombra
Che si proietti e si diffonda,
Illudendo che a lungo avria durato:
Tale il tempo passato!
Che mordente rammarico e che duolo
Pei dì lontani tanto!
Son come un esil morto corpicciulo
Che il padre veglia,
E infin gli resta, solo di sua grazia,
Il ricordo ed il rimpianto del dì lontani tanto.
Authorship
Based on
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Date added to the website: 2003-11-14.
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