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O Me Miseram
The world in which we live is so very sad. / Filled with agony, sorrow, and unending regret, / It is right that those who prosper are those who are driven mad.
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The Wolves are Dancing
I've seen the wolves a'dancing, / and the trees have all been sold / The acorns have been awhile talking
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Decisions of Eternity
The woods are such a darkened place / Corrupted by the world we live / A cold, undisrupted space
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The Lethe
Gone asleep has this house, / Blown down by the wind’s desire. / Only shook by God,
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Before I Go
I came upon this land that was so far from home, / Far beyond the lands that have been sown. / Free from the tools that burden its ground,
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An Elegy
The raven’s call make us believe, / Believe we may be more than we can. / The doves listen close
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The Silence of Man
Among the oaks sits the silence of man, / it sits without stir and without a cause, / believed to be the undiscovered land,
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