Here rest his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown. Fair science frown’d not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark’d him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere. Heav’n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to mis’ry all he had, a tear, He gained from heav’n (‘twas all he wish’d) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclosure, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (there they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God. (Thomas Gray 1716-1771)
II) Mark, the wizard
I’d like to see my eyes In the mirror of your dreams, Mark your name, Shine over there, ‘n your wings. And when the tears flow down From the black sky of your soul, The spell begins, ‘tis my memory of you.
Fate was defeated, dropping The last curtain of your life, Like only a wizard does, alone at night. And now the star of death Is down at your feet Like the greatest sign of your astronomy.
Leaving your friends, leaving your life, In search of a reason to be right. Mocking your life-cage.
Spreading your wings, You fly off for immortality. A wizard for heaven? A wizard for hell? I don’t hear these tolling bells Born to die? Or dead to live? This is my question, oh my lord!
III) The last prayer of the wizard
"Geþancie þe, ðeoda waldend, ealra þæra wynna þe ic on worulde gebad. Nu ic ah, milde Metod, mæste þearfe þæt þu minum gaste godes geunne þæt min sawul to ðe siðian mote on þin geweal þeoden engla mid friþe ferian. Ic eom frymdi to þe þæt hi helsceaðan hynan ne moton." (The battle of Maldon, X cent)
“I give thee thanks, o god of men, For all the joys I have had on earth. O lord of mercy, I have most need That now thou wilt grant me good to my soul, That my spirit may come into thy kingdom, O prince of angels, departing in peace Into thy power. To thee I pray No fiend of hell may have hold upon me."
IV) Epilogue
Your breath is still breezing, But earth is far and still, In the first shiver of January. And now the star of death Is down, at your feet, Mark is your name, Shine over there, ‘n your wings.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
