The Ruin Lyrics

Then did they of proud spirit split the shield-wall,Men of King Aethelstan, men of honour.Battle shields were hewn with the remnants of hammers.Befitting their noble descent,That t...Read Full Lyrics

Then he who thought wisely of,Deeply contemplates this dark life,Wise in mind, remembers he, the battles of old;Time has departed,Grown dark under cover of night,As if it were neve...Read Full Lyrics

Still is a valley Surrounded by a forest of OaksBespiring deeplyWith the breath of our ancestorsA knot of roots Hold steadfast the earthBonds that link a nation, Foregoing generati...Read Full Lyrics

This at least behoves every man,That he his soul's course should heed,How awful it will beWhen death arrives,The kinship sunders,Those that were together,Body and soul.Departed fro...Read Full Lyrics

Our parting I awaitedThou did not bear in mind, here in life,While I thee, in the world did inhabit,That thou were, through flesh and sinful lusts, Strongly excited,Through me comp...Read Full Lyrics

Thy possessions are all naught,Which on earth did you to men exhibit.Therefore shall it be,Than to thee were all earth's riches!Bestowed them for the Lord himself,Thou were at a be...Read Full Lyrics

That tract of earth is not, over mid-earth,Fellow too many peopled lands,But it is withdrawn,Through creations might,From wicked men!Beauteous is the plain,With enchantments blesse...Read Full Lyrics

I dance like flames,I lend the winds,Glorious shapes!The fire in me,Feels for the lightening,And breathes me away,Down the wind!I will tell theeMy secret love,If thou from meThy kn...Read Full Lyrics

Him the wolf shall eat,The hoar traverser of the heath,His mother then shall on his death,Bemourn the life without control,One shall hunger destroy,and the cruel drive away,One sha...Read Full Lyrics

Here shall sweep the victor's sword,So that to deep hollows, will evils fall,Into the swart flame,Into the camp of foes,The shoal of the wicked,Accursed to perdition,Within the hou...Read Full Lyrics