The poet refers to memory as being ‘fond’ and ‘sad’ because it brings?

Read the poem and answer Questions 26 to 30.

Oft in the stilly night

Ere slumber’s chain has bound me

Fond memory brings the light

of other days around me:

The smiles, the tears

of boyhood years.

The words of love then spoken;

The eyes that shone

How dimm’d and gone

The cheerful hearts now broken!

Thus in the stilly night

Ere slumber’s chain has bound me.

A. cheers and smiles
B. love and joy
C. sorrow and pity
D. smiles and tears

Correct Answer:

Option D = smiles and tears