"Auld Lang Syne," by the eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Burns, is a song about friends and remembering times long ago.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

He was long in choosing the subject of his heroic song and, as we know from all of -- and we've encountered a number of them - all of those protestations of delay Milton began his epic late.

他久久未能确定他要写的英雄之歌的主题，这我们从从弥尔顿多次声言,自己的史诗动笔很晚就能看出。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

For if such holy Song / enwrap our fancy long," then we'll mistakenly convince ourselves that time could actually run backwards and that we've been returned to the Golden Age, the very first age of human history according to classical legend.

如果这神圣的天籁，永远包围我们想象的心怀“,然后我们就会错误的说服我们自己,时间实际上就会倒转,我们就会到达黄金般的国度，依照古典的传说就是人类最久远的历史。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Often,they sang about the long ride to the cattle markets where the cows were sold for beef, as in this song called, "Git Along Little Dogie."

VOA: special.2010.03.25

And,the expression swan song has long been a part of the English language.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Here is one Beach Boys song, "All Summer Long."

VOA: special.2009.06.22