Read "A Bygone Occasion" by Thomas Hardy online for free on Textopian. Full text with search, annotations, highlights, and AI-powered reading aids.
(SONG)
THAT night, that night, / That song, that song! / Will such again be evened quite / Through lifetimes long?
No mirth was shown / To outer seers, / But mood to match has not been known / In modern years.
O eyes that smiled, / O lips that lured; / That such would last was one beguiled / To think ensured!
That night, that night, / That song, that song; / O drink to its recalled delight, / Though tears may throng!