Love's Old Sweet Song

Once in the dear dead days beyond recall.
 When on the world the mists began to fall,
 Out of the dreams that rose in happy throng
 Low to our hearts love sang an old sweet song
 And in the dusk where fell the firelight gleam
 Softly it wove itself into our dream
 Just a song at twilight
 When the lights are low,
 And the flickering shadows
 Softly come and go
 Though the heart be weary,
 Sad the day and long,
 Still to us at twilight comes love's old song
 Comes love's old sweet song.
 Even today we hear love's song of yore
 Deep in our hearts it dwells forever more
 Footsteps may falter, weary grows our way
 Still we can hear it at the close of day
 So till the end when life's dim shadows fall
 Love will be found the sweetest song of all.
 Just a song at twilight
 When the lights are low,
 And the flickering shadows
 Softly come and go
 Though the heart be weary,
 Sad the day and long,
 Still to us at twilight comes love's old song
 Comes love's old sweet song.