{"id":2269,"date":"2021-12-27T05:35:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T05:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/12\/27\/such-sweet-sorrow\/"},"modified":"2021-12-27T05:35:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T05:35:31","slug":"such-sweet-sorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/12\/27\/such-sweet-sorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Such Sweet Sorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part of what makes "parting such sweet sorrow" (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet<\/em>) is the realization that one may never see the beloved again alive. Death presides over all of life; in leave-taking he steps out of the shadows. You see the glint of his scythe from the corner of the eye.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the twilight glow, I see her<\/span>
Blue eyes crying in the rain;<\/span>
As we kissed goodbye and parted,<\/span>
I knew we'd never meet again.<\/span>

Love is like a dying ember,<\/span>
Only memories remain;<\/span>
Through the ages I'll remember,<\/span>
Blue eyes crying in the rain.<\/span>

Now my hair has turned to silver,<\/span>
All my life I've loved in vain;<\/span>
I can see her star in heaven,<\/span>
Blue eyes crying in the rain.<\/span>

Someday when we meet up yonder,<\/span>
We'll stroll hand in hand again;<\/span>
And in a land that knows no parting,<\/span>
Blue eyes crying in the rain.<\/span>

Blue eyes crying in the rain.

Written by Fred Rose and first recorded by Roy Acuff in 1947. Numerous covers.

A little known version<\/a> by Ramblin' Jack Elliot.<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Part of what makes "parting such sweet sorrow" (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet) is the realization that one may never see the beloved again alive. Death presides over all of life; in leave-taking he steps out of the shadows. You see the glint of his scythe from the corner of the eye. In the twilight glow, … Continue reading “Such Sweet Sorrow”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,39,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americana","category-human-predicament","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}