Spurning the clouds written with curses, stamps the stony law to dust, loosing: the eternal horses from the dens of night, crying,Įmpire is no more! and now the lion & wolf shall cease Where the son of fire in his eastern cloud, while the morning plumes her Golden breast,Ģ0. With thunder and fire: leading his starry hosts thro' the waste wilderness, he promulgates his ten commands, glancing: his beamy eyelids over the deep in dark dismay,ġ9. All night beneath the ruins, then their sullen flames faded emerge round the gloomy King.ġ8. Falling, rushing, ruining! buried in the ruins, on Urthona's dens ġ7. Down rush'd beating his wings in vain the jealous king his grey brow'd councellors, thunderous warriors, curl'd veterans, among helms, and shields, and chariots, horses, elephants: banners, castles, slings, and rocks,ġ6. The fiery limbs, the flaming hair, shot like the sinking sun into the western sea.ġ4 Wak'd from his eternal sleep, the hoary element roaring fled away ġ5. Look up! look up! O citizen of London, enlarge thy countenance O Jew, leave counting gold! return to thy oil and wine O African! black African! (go, winged thought, widen his forehead.)ġ3. The speary hand burned aloft, unbuckled was the shield, forth went the hand of jealousy among the flaming hair, and hurl'd the new born wonder thro' the starry night.ġ2. Flag'd with grey brow'd snows and thunderous visages the jealous wings wav'd over the deep.ġ0. On those infinite mountains of light, now barr'd out by the atlantic sea, the new born fire stood before the starry king!ĩ. In her trembling hands she took the new born terror howling Ĩ. Cast thy keys O Rome into the deep down falling, even to eternity down falling,ħ. Golden Spain burst the barriers of old Rome ĥ. Shadows of Prophecy shiver along by the lakes and the rivers and mutter across the ocean. Albions coast is sick silent the American meadows faint!ģ. The Eternal Female groan'd! it was heard over all the Earth:Ģ. Lord until the sun goes down, 'till it goes down.1. It's all night pourin', pourin', pourin', Ran into a rainstorm, I ducked back into Novato. That's why if you please, I am on my bendin knees, Heard a voice al callin', Lord you was commin' after me. I had a feelin' I was fallin', fallin', fallin', Try to see what's goin' down, try to read between the lines That's why if you please, I am on my bendin' knees,īertha don't you come around here anymore.ĭressed myself in green, I went down unto the sea. Run around the corner, corner, Lord run smack in to a tree. I had a run in, run around, and run down. I was all night running, running, Lord I wonder if you care, I had a hard run, runnin' from your window. I told Althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.Īlthea told me, okay, that's fine, so now I'm trying to catch her.Ĭan't talk to you without talking to me, we're guilty of the same old thing.īeen talking alot about less and less and forgetting the love we bring. This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot. There are things you can replace, and others you cannot. Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy. When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me. Loose with the truth, baby, it's your fire, but baby don't get burned. Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.Īin't nobody messing with you, but you, your friends are getting most concerned. You may meet the fate on Ophelia, sleeping and penchence to dream. You may be a clown in the burying ground, or just another pretty face. You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.Īlthea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim. I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.Īlthea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.
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