by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Time long past
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
Like the ghost of a dear friend dead Is Time long past. A tone which is now forever fled, A hope which is now forever past, A love so sweet it could not last, Was Time long past. There were sweet dreams in the night Of Time long past: And, was it sadness or delight, Each day a shadow onward cast Which made us wish it yet might last-- That Time long past. There is regret, almost remorse, For Time long past. 'Tis like a child's beloved corse A father watches, till at last Beauty is like remembrance, cast From Time long past.
Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "Time long past", first published 1870 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by G. Barrington-Baker , "Time long past", published 1924 [ SATB chorus ], no. 15125 [sung text not yet checked]
- possibly by Emily M. Lawrence (1854 - ?), "Time long past", published 1879 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Storer , "Time long past", 1887, from Six Vocal Impromptus, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation possibly by (Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816 - 1873); composed by Georg Lothar Liebling.
- Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
- Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Roberto Ascoli ( flourished 1891-1930 ) ; composed by Ottorino Respighi.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , "Минувшие дни" ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Ivan Matveyevich Steshenko (1873 - 1918) ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
- Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
- Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le temps lointain", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-01-28
Line count: 18
Word count: 103