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Empyrean 61
Lyrics: Rupert Brooke
Tune: Cora Nielsen
Meter: L.M. (8,8,8,8)
Out of the nothingness of sleep,
The slow dreams of eternity;
There was a thunder on the deep,
I came because you called to me.
Your mouth shall mock the old and wise,
Your laugh shall fill the world with flame,
I'll write upon the shrinking skies;
The scarlet splendour of your name.
So clothed about with perfect love,
The eternal end shall find us one,
Alone above the night, above,
The dust of the dead gods alone.
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