A Bygone Occasion (Hardy, set by R. Buckle, G. Binkerd) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


That night, that night,
That song, that song!
Will such again be evened quite
Through lifetimes long?

No mirth was shown
To outer seers,
But mood to match has not been known
In modern years.

O eyes that smiled,
O lips that lured;
That such would last was one beguiled
To think ensured!

That night, that night,
That song, that song;
O drink to its recalled delight,
Its praise prolong!

O drink to its recalled delight,
Though tears may throng!

Authorship

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916-2003)

Shut out that moon

Roy Buckle (1926-)

Date added to the website: 2006-10-11.

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