When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste Then can I drown an eyse unused to flow For precious friends hid in death's dateless night And weep afresh love's long since cancell'd woe And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan Which I knew pay as if not paid before But if the while I think on thee, dear friend All losses are restored and sorrows end
[00:06.56]When to the sessions of sweet silent thought [00:09.83]I summon up remembrance of things past [00:13.58]I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought [00:17.39]And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste [00:23.29]Then can I drown an eyse unused to flow [00:28.25]For precious friends hid in death's dateless night [00:32.12]And weep afresh love's long since cancell'd woe [00:36.69]And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight [00:39.56] [03:24.99]Then can I grieve at grievances foregone [03:28.18]And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er [03:31.71]The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan [03:34.16]Which I knew pay as if not paid before [03:39.29]But if the while I think on thee, dear friend [03:44.06]All losses are restored and sorrows end
