1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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.