Theatre Of Tragedy:A Hamlet For A Slothful Vassal

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This song is performed by Theatre Of Tragedy and appears on the album Theatre Of Tragedy (Demo) (1994).

This song is performed by Theatre Of Tragedy and appears on the album Theatre Of Tragedy (1995).

Behold a jocund morn indeed! -
Sun on high - birds in sky.
Yonder the whist eathing,
Fro where a gale erranteth.

[Ye beholdest but the shadow] That is a lie!
[Mayhap a tithe of trothplight] Lief I am not!
[I deem - e'er and anon!] My words are but a twist.

'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.

[E'er thou sayest aye!] That is a lie!
[Thief of a plot!] Lief I am not!
[Now go to thy tryst] My words are but a twist!
[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!]