Title

English Songs and Melodies - "Joys of the Past", 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

English Songs and Melodies - "Joys of the Past", 1858. Illustration to sheet music. 'Joys of the past! are they vanish'd for ever? Flow'rets soon gather'd, and sooner decay'd : Ripples of light upon Time's flowing river, Lost with the breath o'er its bosom that stray'd? No! there are hours in the heart's happy sadness When they return, amid sunshine and rain; Memory, bright as a rainbow of gladness, Spans the dark sky with their beauty again. Visions of glory, half-cloud and half-splendour, Flash on the soul looking back through the years: Hopes that were lofty, and loves that were tender, Gleam through the haze of our passionate tears. Vainly, oh, vainly our hearts would restore them; Fair though they glitter, how quickly they're gone! Echoes that die with the music that bore them, Lights that are darken'd the moment they've shone!'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A82_127

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30,1Mb (2,3Mb) / 12,6in x 9,3in / 3774 x 2790 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather England female women woman people thoughtful music arts light country rainbow window art evening British English color location century thinking contemplation Britain newspapers press print ageing concept time of day B&W sheet music contemplating contemplate song engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black lyrics nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN aging newspaper Unknown Charles Francis Frank Mackay 19th-century Charles MacKay La soiree Frank Mori Mori Francis Mori