Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Sweet Art Thou , by - Theatre Of Tragedy. Song from the album Theatre Of Tragedy, in the genre Release date: 31.12.1994
Record label: Massacre
Song language: English
Sweet Art Thou |
| — Stay still patient; |
| wilt thou my sister of merciful troth be? |
| — I shall attempt the halterof thy life make less tighten’d! |
| -- I shall climb the yew |
| -- Will it subdue me or not! |
| -- Swooning emotions smite my bosom — |
| -- I have an aptness depriev’d thy eyrie |
| Oh! |
| — ne'er alas; |
| -- Fro many another a lass — |
| Lodge here fore’ermore. |
| -- Dodge thither sable of yore! |
| — A narrow dell hath now for me turn’d into a broad land; |
| — A land rich with fields of the Simbelmyn |
| -- Sonorous to my ears are the words form’d by thy tongue |
| -- Conquer me! |
| — Waylay me! |
| — Swathe me 'twixt thy arms! |
| -- Make me sense the wine which is drunk by queens |
| Make me sense the wine which is drunk by kings |
| -- And let it flow white and full in tast o’er my lips |
| And let it flow red and full in taste o’er my lips |
| -- A dais’d bridge o’er the ghyll |
| -- In which a river bottomless — |
| -- I would have drownèd |
| -- Yet thou drewest me out soaking! |
| Save thou art not yet all parchèd — |
| Eavesdroppest ye: A wee drop, -- I can hear it! |
| — I can feel it! |
| Whence it comes I can only deem, -- Yet I will not tarry idly! |
| Lest this for me is a gay dream: -- Let it adamant be — |
| A dream that will sojourn eternally — -- Empty the flagon in me! |
| In which theatre I will act! |