Thomas Hardy has only modest requirements from the music that will tip him into nostalgia or pleasant reflections.

ANY LITTLE OLD SONG

Any little old song

Will do for me,

Tell it of joys gone long,

Or joys to be,

Or friendly faces best

Loved to see.

Newest themes I want not

On subtle strings,

And for thrillings pant not

That new song brings:

I only need the homeliest

Of heartstirrings.