Sadly to mine heart appealing
Language: English
Sadly to mine heart appealing, Sadly, sadly well a day Requiem like in murmurs stealing Comes that old familiar lay: Wherefore not the wonted pleasure From the antique music spring? Why that well remembered measure Grieving thoughts and anguish bring? Sadly, sadly well a day, Sadly sadly well a day, Requiem like in murmurs stealing Comes that old familiar lay. Forms departed rise before me, Smiles long vanish'd greet again, Eyes forever seal'd beam o'er me, Soothing once the sense of pain. And with ev'ry thrilling number Words of love gush on mine ear, Voices sweet, that bound in slumber, Hush'd have been for many a year. Sadly, sadly well a day Sadly, sadly well a day Requiem like in murmurs stealing Comes that old familiar lay. Like the winds in autumn sighing Through the trembling alder tree Or far surges' echo dying Soft and low those voices flee; And as hues in twilight fading, Swift those gentle forms decay; Vainly, vainly, hope upbraiding, Bids them pass not all away. Sadly, sadly well a day Sadly, sadly well a day Requiem like in murmurs stealing Comes that old familiar lay. Ghost like thus they wane before me, Quench'd their luster fled their bloom, While pale mem'ry, tearful, o'er me Flings the shadow of the tomb. Sadly to mine heart appealing, Sadly, sadly well a day, Requiem like, in murmurs stealing, Comes that old familiar lay. Sadly, sadly well a day Sadly, sadly well a day Requiem like in murmurs stealing Comes that old familiar lay.
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 Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864), "Sadly to mine heart appealing", published 1858. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
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Word count: 255