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Elegy

from Cantuus Goliæ by Goliard

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Elegy
[Lyrics: John Keats (1795-1821), Adaptation: Víctor Moreno, Music: Goliard]

Why did I laugh tonight? No voice will tell:
No God, no Demon of severe response,
deigns to reply from Heaven or from Hell.
Then to my human heart I turn at once:
Heart! Thou and I are here, sad and alone;
I say, why did I laugh? O mortal pain!

O Darkness! Darkness! ever must I moan,
To question Heaven and Hell and Heart in vain.

Why did I laugh? I know this Being's lease,
my fancy to its utmost blisses spreads;
yet would I on this very midnight cease,
and the world's gaudy ensigns see in shreds;
verse, Fame, and Beauty are intense indeed,
but Death intenser -Death is Life's high meed.

O Darkness! Darkness! ever must I moan,
To question Heaven and Hell and Heart in vain.

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from Cantuus Goliæ, released November 21, 2013
Recorded and mixed at Ritual H. Studio, Feb-Nov 2013 . Engineered by Andrés Valencia.

Goliard is:

Alejandro García: Guitars
Cadáver: Drums
Cristian Velásquez: Bass and guitars
Víctor Moreno: Vocals and guitars

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