Casida of the Lament Lyrics

Of the dark pastA child is bornWith joy and griefMy heart is tornCalm in his cradleThe living liesMay love and mercyUnclose his eyes!Young life is breathedOn the glassThe world tha...Read Full Lyrics

I wander through each chartered streetNear where the chartered Thames does flowAnd mark in every face I meetMarks of weakness, marks of woeIn every cry of every manIn every infant'...Read Full Lyrics

Who murdered the minutesThe bright, golden minutesThe minutes of youth?I, said the soldier, dressed in his red coatI with my trumpet, my sword and my flagI murdered the minutesI to...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, little child, see how the flowerYou pluck bleeds on the iron groundBend down, your ears may catch its voiceA passionless, low sobbing soundOh, man, put up your sword and seeThe...Read Full Lyrics

Once upon a time and a very good time it wasThere was a moocow coming down along the roadAnd this moocow that was down along the roadMet a nicens little boy named baby tuckooHis fa...Read Full Lyrics

In the woods there is a birdHis song stops you and makes you blushThere is a clock that never strikesThere is a swamp with a nest of white beastsThere is a cathedral that goes down...Read Full Lyrics

The wood is full of shining eyesThe wood is full of creeping feetThe wood is full of tiny criesYou must not go to the wood at night!I met a man with eyes of glassAnd a finger as cu...Read Full Lyrics

The mists rise overThe still pools at AsukaMemory does notPass away so easilyWhen I went outIn the Spring meadowsTo gather violetsI enjoyed myselfSo much that I stayed all nightTho...Read Full Lyrics

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and wentAnd took the fire with him, and a knifeAnd as they sojourned both of them togetherIsaac the first-born spake and said, "My fatherBehold t...Read Full Lyrics

While the red spittle of the grape-shot singsAll day across the endless sky, and while entire battalionsGreen or scarlet, rallied by their kingDisintegrate in crumpled masses under...Read Full Lyrics