(2)ENCHANTED WOOD

(2)ENCHANTED WOOD

THROUGHthe great glowing forest,Green and dusky gold and ruddy brown,Where sunbeams filter downIn showers of vibrant gold ...Through the old, old woodPasses the funeral pomp of the young, dead king.Choristers singStrange, wailing, shuddering songs ...Old chants, so old,So desolate, drear.Heavy, deep, purple velvet drapes the bier ...Purple ... deep, passionate purple ...A regal pallOver the cold, young limbs, while the gold leaves fallOn the velvet pall.On through the old wood movesThe great procession;Deep, passionate purple draping the young, dead king;And the choristers sing ...And a small brown hare,Startled, in quivering panic, scurries aheadLeading the way for the king ...The king who is dead.In a bright green dellWhere they can see well,Wait the butcher, the baker,The candlestick maker.“No more bread for he!”Says the baker.“No more meat for he!”Says the butcher.But the candlestick maker slaps his knee.“Not such a bad day this for me!No more meat and no more bread,But candles to burn at his feet and his head.Nor the living nor deadCan’t get on without me!And very very soon they’ll summon us three!”“For the Feast!” grins the butcherWagging his head.“For the Feast!” says the baker,“They’ll soon need bread!”“Men can’t do without we!”They say, all three.So the butcher, the baker,The candlestick maker,Watch the procession from the small green dellWhere they can all three seeExceedingly well.So the processionPassed through the wood to the blue sea shore,And they buried the kingWhere the blue waves sing ...And the young king rules no more.But late that night through the lonely woodCame a slim brown maid who had understood,And mated her soul with the young, dead king,With never a priest or mass or ring ...And she carried a dagger with poisoned tip,And pressed its point to her soft red lip ...And she lay on the grave, and died.Still at the turn of the year, men say,Through the old, old forest in ghostly pageantThe funeral procession passesOf the young, young kingWho is dead:And the gold leaves fallOn his passionate purple pall,And the small brown hare still scurries aheadAs if she were leading them all.

THROUGHthe great glowing forest,Green and dusky gold and ruddy brown,Where sunbeams filter downIn showers of vibrant gold ...Through the old, old woodPasses the funeral pomp of the young, dead king.Choristers singStrange, wailing, shuddering songs ...Old chants, so old,So desolate, drear.Heavy, deep, purple velvet drapes the bier ...Purple ... deep, passionate purple ...A regal pallOver the cold, young limbs, while the gold leaves fallOn the velvet pall.On through the old wood movesThe great procession;Deep, passionate purple draping the young, dead king;And the choristers sing ...And a small brown hare,Startled, in quivering panic, scurries aheadLeading the way for the king ...The king who is dead.In a bright green dellWhere they can see well,Wait the butcher, the baker,The candlestick maker.“No more bread for he!”Says the baker.“No more meat for he!”Says the butcher.But the candlestick maker slaps his knee.“Not such a bad day this for me!No more meat and no more bread,But candles to burn at his feet and his head.Nor the living nor deadCan’t get on without me!And very very soon they’ll summon us three!”“For the Feast!” grins the butcherWagging his head.“For the Feast!” says the baker,“They’ll soon need bread!”“Men can’t do without we!”They say, all three.So the butcher, the baker,The candlestick maker,Watch the procession from the small green dellWhere they can all three seeExceedingly well.So the processionPassed through the wood to the blue sea shore,And they buried the kingWhere the blue waves sing ...And the young king rules no more.But late that night through the lonely woodCame a slim brown maid who had understood,And mated her soul with the young, dead king,With never a priest or mass or ring ...And she carried a dagger with poisoned tip,And pressed its point to her soft red lip ...And she lay on the grave, and died.Still at the turn of the year, men say,Through the old, old forest in ghostly pageantThe funeral procession passesOf the young, young kingWho is dead:And the gold leaves fallOn his passionate purple pall,And the small brown hare still scurries aheadAs if she were leading them all.

THROUGHthe great glowing forest,Green and dusky gold and ruddy brown,Where sunbeams filter downIn showers of vibrant gold ...Through the old, old woodPasses the funeral pomp of the young, dead king.Choristers singStrange, wailing, shuddering songs ...Old chants, so old,So desolate, drear.Heavy, deep, purple velvet drapes the bier ...Purple ... deep, passionate purple ...A regal pallOver the cold, young limbs, while the gold leaves fallOn the velvet pall.On through the old wood movesThe great procession;Deep, passionate purple draping the young, dead king;And the choristers sing ...And a small brown hare,Startled, in quivering panic, scurries aheadLeading the way for the king ...The king who is dead.

THROUGHthe great glowing forest,

Green and dusky gold and ruddy brown,

Where sunbeams filter down

In showers of vibrant gold ...

Through the old, old wood

Passes the funeral pomp of the young, dead king.

Choristers sing

Strange, wailing, shuddering songs ...

Old chants, so old,

So desolate, drear.

Heavy, deep, purple velvet drapes the bier ...

Purple ... deep, passionate purple ...

A regal pall

Over the cold, young limbs, while the gold leaves fall

On the velvet pall.

On through the old wood moves

The great procession;

Deep, passionate purple draping the young, dead king;

And the choristers sing ...

And a small brown hare,

Startled, in quivering panic, scurries ahead

Leading the way for the king ...

The king who is dead.

In a bright green dellWhere they can see well,Wait the butcher, the baker,The candlestick maker.“No more bread for he!”Says the baker.“No more meat for he!”Says the butcher.But the candlestick maker slaps his knee.“Not such a bad day this for me!No more meat and no more bread,But candles to burn at his feet and his head.Nor the living nor deadCan’t get on without me!And very very soon they’ll summon us three!”“For the Feast!” grins the butcherWagging his head.“For the Feast!” says the baker,“They’ll soon need bread!”“Men can’t do without we!”They say, all three.So the butcher, the baker,The candlestick maker,Watch the procession from the small green dellWhere they can all three seeExceedingly well.

In a bright green dell

Where they can see well,

Wait the butcher, the baker,

The candlestick maker.

“No more bread for he!”

Says the baker.

“No more meat for he!”

Says the butcher.

But the candlestick maker slaps his knee.

“Not such a bad day this for me!

No more meat and no more bread,

But candles to burn at his feet and his head.

Nor the living nor dead

Can’t get on without me!

And very very soon they’ll summon us three!”

“For the Feast!” grins the butcher

Wagging his head.

“For the Feast!” says the baker,

“They’ll soon need bread!”

“Men can’t do without we!”

They say, all three.

So the butcher, the baker,

The candlestick maker,

Watch the procession from the small green dell

Where they can all three see

Exceedingly well.

So the processionPassed through the wood to the blue sea shore,And they buried the kingWhere the blue waves sing ...And the young king rules no more.But late that night through the lonely woodCame a slim brown maid who had understood,And mated her soul with the young, dead king,With never a priest or mass or ring ...And she carried a dagger with poisoned tip,And pressed its point to her soft red lip ...And she lay on the grave, and died.

So the procession

Passed through the wood to the blue sea shore,

And they buried the king

Where the blue waves sing ...

And the young king rules no more.

But late that night through the lonely wood

Came a slim brown maid who had understood,

And mated her soul with the young, dead king,

With never a priest or mass or ring ...

And she carried a dagger with poisoned tip,

And pressed its point to her soft red lip ...

And she lay on the grave, and died.

Still at the turn of the year, men say,Through the old, old forest in ghostly pageantThe funeral procession passesOf the young, young kingWho is dead:And the gold leaves fallOn his passionate purple pall,And the small brown hare still scurries aheadAs if she were leading them all.

Still at the turn of the year, men say,

Through the old, old forest in ghostly pageant

The funeral procession passes

Of the young, young king

Who is dead:

And the gold leaves fall

On his passionate purple pall,

And the small brown hare still scurries ahead

As if she were leading them all.


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