Actually, this is a poem by Lord Byron about his body giving way to age and dissolute living (written before he was 30!)
But when I hear Joan Baez sing it, it evokes a very different meaning for me: a young woman whose lover has died, lamenting that they will never again share a midnight tryst. Her voice makes it heartbreaking.
Actually, this is a poem by Lord Byron about his body giving way to age and dissolute living (written before he was 30!)
But when I hear Joan Baez sing it, it evokes a very different meaning for me: a young woman whose lover has died, lamenting that they will never again share a midnight tryst. Her voice makes it heartbreaking.