Can you help me rephrase some of thses lines?
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night,
And weep afresh love’s long since cancell’d woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanish’d sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o’er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Favorite Answer
[When I contemplate ]
I summon up remembrance of things past,
[ I remember.]
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
[I regret. ]
And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste:
[I waste today crying over yesterday. ]
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
[I who never cry, cry. ]
For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night,
[I cry for lost friends. ]
And weep afresh love’s long since cancell’d woe,
[I cry for lost love. ]
And moan the expense of many a vanish’d sight:
[I cry for what I will never see again. ]
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
[I grieve. ]
And heavily from woe to woe tell o’er
[I tell… ]
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
[my sad tale.. ].
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
[which hurts anew with each telling. ]
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
[But if I think of you, my dear friend. ]
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
[ You heal me and my sorrows end.]
But since nobody else has answered you can pick me for your best answer and get 3 points back to try again.
