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Spirits of the Dead

from Once Upon a Midnight by Valentine Wolfe

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Spirits of the Dead

I. Thy soul shall find itself alone
Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone
Not one, of all the crowd, to pry
Into thine hour of secrecy.

II. Be silent in that solitude
Which is not loneliness- for then
The spirits of the dead who stood
In life before thee are again
In death around thee- and their will
Shall overshadow thee: be still.

III. The night, tho’ clear, shall frown
And the stars shall not look down
From their high thrones in the heaven
With light like Hope to mortals given
But their red orbs, without beam
To thy weariness shall seem
As a burning and a fever
Which would cling to thee for ever.

IV. Now are thoughts thou shalt not banish
Now are visions ne’er to vanish
From thy spirit shall they pass
No more- like dew drop from the grass.

V. The breeze- the breath of God is still
And the mist upon the hill
Shadowy- shadowy- yet unbroken
A symbol and a token
How it hangs upon the trees
A mystery of mysteries!

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from Once Upon a Midnight, released September 1, 2013

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Valentine Wolfe Greenville, South Carolina

Two morbidly fascinated musicians combining ambient solo bass, brutal distortion, electronica, and 18th century opera to tell a story of the macabre.

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