Here many days once gently past me crept
In this dear town of old forgetfulness
Here all entwined in dreams once long I slept
And heard no echo of the world’s distress
For here the castle and the mighty tower
More grey and dim than long cold autumn rain
Sleep, nor sunlit moment, nor triumphal hour
Wakes their old lords, too long in slumber lain

Like moments clustered in a crowded year
Today’s great sadness or tomorrow’s fear
Faint echoes fade within their drowsy halls
Like ghost, like ghost
The daylight creeps across their walls

Like moments clustered in a crowded year
Today’s great sadness or tomorrow’s fear
Faint echoes fade within their drowsy halls
Like ghost, like ghost
The daylight creeps across their walls

Here many days once gently past me crept
In this dear town of old forgetfulness
Here all entwined in dreams once long I slept
And heard no echo of the world’s distress
For here the castle and the mighty tower
More grey and dim than long cold autumn rain
Sleep, nor sunlit moment, nor triumphal hour
Wakes their old lords, too long in slumber lain

Like moments clustered in a crowded year
Today’s great sadness or tomorrow’s fear
Faint echoes fade within their drowsy halls
Like ghost, like ghost
The daylight creeps across their walls

Like moments clustered in a crowded year
Today’s great sadness or tomorrow’s fear
Faint echoes fade within their drowsy halls
Like ghost, like ghost
The daylight creeps across their walls