| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5447 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Moore (17791852) |
| QUOTATION: | Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumbers chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhoods years, The words of love then spoken; The eyes that shone Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Oft in the Stilly Night. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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