Love's Old Sweet Song (1884)

Once in the dear dead days beyond recall.

When on the world the mists began to fall,

Out of the dreams that rose in happy throng

Low to our hearts love sang an old sweet song

And in the dusk where fell the firelight gleam

Softly it wove itself into our dream

Just a song at twilight

When the lights are low,

And the flickering shadows

Softly come and go

Though the heart be weary,

Sad the day and long,

Still to us at twilight comes love's old song

Comes love's old sweet song.

Even today we hear love's song of yore

Deep in our hearts it dwells forever more

Footsteps may falter, weary grows our way

Still we can hear it at the close of day

So till the end when life's dim shadows fall

Love will be found the sweetest song of all.

Just a song at twilight

When the lights are low,

And the flickering shadows

Softly come and go

Though the heart be weary,

Sad the day and long,

Still to us at twilight comes love's old song

Comes love's old sweet song.