A Hamlet For A Slothful Vassal

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Behold a jocund morn indeed
Sun on high, birds in sky
Yonder the whist firth eathing
For where a gale erranteth
That is a lie (Ye beholdest but the shadow)
Lief I am not (Mayhap a tithe of trothplight)
My words are but a twist (I deem, e'er and anon)

'Tis a feignéd lie through loathing, I say
(To and fro, save hither, is thy love)
A dotard gaffer, I daresay...
(Not a loth, but vying for my kinsmen)
... A sapling not

(Beautiful tyrant
Fiend angelical
Dove-feathered raven
Wolvish-ravening lamb
A hamlet for a slothful vassal
Soothing ale for a parchèd sot
Hie to tell me what ye judgest as naught
I behold the shadow)

Wherefore call me such names
Nay imp am I
Thou art my aghast hart
Grazing in the glade
That is a lie (e'er thou sayest aye)
Lief I am not (thief of a plot)
My words are but a twist (now go to thy tryst)

Go, leave, totter -- Fare well! - with joy I came
Until ye dwindlest. -- With rue I leave.
A morsel, nay more, -- Even the orb cannot
For thy journey -- Help me melt the ice?
Hither an thither

  1. A Distance There Is
  2. Sweet Art Thou
  3. Venus
  4. Fair And 'Guiling Copesmate Death
  5. Seraphic Deviltry
  6. And When He Falleth
  7. Black As The Devil Painteth
  8. Dialog From "And When He Falleth"
  9. Bring Forth Ye Shadow
  10. On Whom The Moon Doth Shine
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