Текст (слова) песни: Theatre Of Tragedy - Black as the Devil Painteth (remix)
An artist is what is call`d the self that the brush holdeth - Though hath it then caringly caress`d the Canvas of to-morrow?, O Canvas! for thee I hold my tool - still! passionless it quivereth, Minding not that my hands are more than apt; My Muse,
Where is hidden The blue-huйd arch`neath the High Heaven`s rich emblazonry, The flowery meadow, embrac`d by the horizon - snowflakйd and aery mountains, In which the barebreastйd maidens dance to the lay o` midsummer, Aloft the distant lazy flapping of the doves in vainglore.
O Canvas!, wherefore canst thou these images not allow? - I deem a projection of my Theatre they should be! - Then, I challenge thee the wisdom of naysaying the yearns o` mine - What is this unforseen that not enjoineth light shades to be skillfully paintйd?
The raven sky prey`d on by the snowfill`d, blustery clouds, Unadornйd the meadow - hunger driveth the wolf out of the wood, The maidens chainйd and whippйd within a dreary dungeon - And, lo! `twixt the wizen roses a mossy grave: "The Devil is as Black as he Painteth" - O Canvas! wherefore?...
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