Lyr. Add: "THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS"
Sir Thomas Moore, 1779-1852.
Written in two verses of fourteen lines each.

Oft, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond memory brings the light
Of other days around me:
The smiles, the tears
Of boyhood years,
The words of love then spoken,
The eyes that shone,
Now dimm'd and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad Memory brings the light
Of other days around me.

When I remember all
The friends, so link'd together,
I've seen around me fall
Like leaves in wintry weather,
I feel like one
Who treads alone
Some banquet-hall deserted,
Whose lights are fled,
Whose garlands dead,
And all but he departed!
Thus in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
Of other days around me.

The "chorus" in "Heart Songs" is the last four lines of each verse. The original title is "The Light of Other Days," not 'Oft in the Stilly Night.'

No idea who composed the music for the version in "Heart Songs;" I think that several composers have prepared scores.

Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed., 1919, "The Oxford Book of English Verse."

This poem becomes very meaningful as one grows old.