"Act 2. The Sleeper" lyrics - PETER HAMMILL
PETER HAMMILL
"Act 2. The Sleeper"
[Roderick Usher]
The lady sleeps. oh, may her sleep
Which is enduring so be deep!
Heaven hold her in its sacred keep!
This chamber changed for one more holy,
This bed for one of melancholy.
I pray to God that she may lie
Forever with unopened eye
While the dim, sheeted ghosts go by.
My love, she sleeps. Oh, may her sleep
As it is lasting so be deep!
Soft may the worms around her creep!
Far in the forest, dim and old,
Now may some tall vault enfold her;
Some vault that oft hath flung its black
And winged panels fluttering back
Triumphant o'er the crested palls
Of her grand family funerals...
The Fall Of The House Of Usher (1991)
- Act 1. An Unenviable Role
- Act 1. That Must Be The House
- Act 2. Architecture
- Act 2. The Sleeper
- Act 2. One Thing At A Time
- Act 2. I Shun The Light
- Act 2. Leave This House
- Act 3. Dreaming
- Act 3. A Chronic Catalepsy
- Act 3. The Herbalist
- Act 3. The Evil That Is Done
- Act 4. Five Years Ago
- Act 4. It's Over Now
- Act 4. An Influence
- Act 4. No Rot
- Act 5. She Is Dead
- Act 6. Beating Of The Heart
- Act 6. The Haunted Palace
- Act 6. I Dared Not Speak
- Act 6. She Comes Towards The Door
- Act 6. The Fall