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Beneath the oppressive, yet magnificent crown of clouds

Trees sway in the winds of uttermost dark within

The dead ones bleed in rapture clad in shrouds

The seas of Euphoria correspond with the affliction, therein

I, a dweller of the dark and the hall of sorrow,

in silence disembark to the paths unhallow

Autumnwind my betrothed guide me on my journey afar

Child of winter dismay wilt thou be my guiding star?

Once on a misty day in mid-autumn

I walked upon the fallen leaves of gold

Once on a cold day of forgotten Fall

I wandered amidst the towering trees

With each fall of the leafe my heart dies more

As the autumn twilight is come to caress the night

With each fall of the leafe I am weaker than before

As the ebony plight comes to embrace the light

Moonlight impales me in my slumber

I dive into the depths of stars

Earth and fire bestow thy kindness!

O air and water hasten to my aid!

Impenitent, a guiding vortex appears

Leads me unto high, unto...

My El Dorado, overgliding from fears!

Grandeur in Oneself... The One heart [...]

Overself in the everflowing Sorrowstream!

But nothing more do I love than the Fall

As darkness comes to usher me to sleep

Let me die, with no regrets, no reminiscence to recall

Let me dive into her arms, forever into the deep

Lulled into sleep I die again and again

As the wind swept across the forest of dreams

And the [...] wept with the golden leaves,

forever more in the everflowing Sorrowstream