In Tears Bereaved
Beautiful, oh web of starsthat looms amid the sons of EarthEnfolds me in thine sylvan armsthat unity's vehement charmsbefalls a weary son of Earth
Beautiful, in tears bereavedin sylphlike sadness, left to bleedBewailed upon a bed of thorns,impaled, a heart, on sorrow's hornsA seeker's ode to thee I readMy tearful soul thy mourning heed
The stream that leaves thine open wounds;A life-blood licked by hungry houndsNo verdant balm to soothe our woundsWherefore betwixt two worlds I'm tornEre thralled by sin I'll die - forlorn
This slumbering world of shallow foolsmay one day clasp the cosmic Helllest journeymen by Earthen rulesbring forth the truth for which Angels fell
To the earth and sky and seaI call that thou may answer me;Father of Nature, of beast and mankind,my soul for thy love, my tears for thy pain...An Eden in fire,what lives shan't remain
For when I live under a different sky,beneath the ethereal hills the clouds passing byRemember the time of which I cried to be partRemember these words, for they have flownfrom my heart.