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Laughter In Court
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Laughter In Court
(to Oscar Wilde)
Between the entrance and
The gate called beautiful
Eternal argument, self-
Development, moving on
While forces the eye cannot
See play a central part
The bass to the melody of
Laughter in court
And is it wearing a mask
Donning ones own defence
With pain the only truth
Behind which only sorrow
No trick of the light or desire
But sign of real creation
Like the birth of a child
Or new world formation
Aren't you tired she said
Don’t you want to settle down
Where are you going next
In a tone so mechanical
I am not tracing the Appian Way
Just enjoying a sunlit stay
Where am I really going
It’s impossible to say
I re-enter my chapel cave
And turn on the small light
And I sit and stare and dream
All alone, late into the night
I'm facing forward and
Focused on where I am going
Hoping for fulfillment but
With no way of knowing
To the sound of laughter in court
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Tired
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Tired
(Fatigue)
(Amy Lowell)
Stupefy my heart to every day's monotony
Seal up my eyes, I would not look so far
Chasten my steps to peaceful regularity
Bow down my head lest I behold a star
(chorus refrain)
I’m tired
So tired
So tired
Fill my days with work, a thousand calm necessities
Leaving no moment to consecrate to hope
Girdle my thoughts within the dull circumferences
Of facts which form the actual in one short hour's scope
Give me dreamless sleep, and loose night's power over me
Shut my ears to sounds only tumultuous then
Bid Fancy slumber, and steal away its potency
Or Nature wakes and strives to live again
(chorus refrain)
Let each day pass, well ordered in its usefulness
Unlit by sunshine, unscarred by storm
Dower me with strength and curb all foolish eagerness
The law exacts obedience. Instruct, I will conform
(chorus refrain)
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Urizen
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Habeas Corpus
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Brigid Of Kildare
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The Lawyer And The Horse
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Plenty Of Lawyers In The World
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The Beautiful Agreement
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The Brief (Saving Newts And Lizards)
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The Big Smoke
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Brehon
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Corporate Veil
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When Will The Bubble Burst
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Tess Callaghan
Singer Songwriter from Ireland with 17 electric and acoustic collections since 2015. See review (louderthanwar.com/tess-callaghan-he-walks-in-beauty-single-review/). From indie, blues, rock and pop ('Big Heart', feat. Barrie Cadogan guitar, Simon Little bass) to home-spun acoustic, folk and celtic. ... more
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