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The Queen of Air and Darkness
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Alfred Edward Housman
Her strong enchantments failing,
Her towers of fear in wreck,
Her limbecks dried of poisons
And the knife at her neck,
The Queen of air and darkness
Begins to shrill and cry,
"O young man, O my slayer,
To-morrow you shall die."
O Queen of air and darkness,
I think 'tis truth you say,
And I shall die tomorrow;
But you will die to-day.
Her towers of fear in wreck,
Her limbecks dried of poisons
And the knife at her neck,
The Queen of air and darkness
Begins to shrill and cry,
"O young man, O my slayer,
To-morrow you shall die."
O Queen of air and darkness,
I think 'tis truth you say,
And I shall die tomorrow;
But you will die to-day.
Composer
Elaine Hugh-Jones
Where can I hear Elaine Hugh-Jones's songs? 'Ghosts', recorded at the 2022 Spring Song Festival. 'Solitude', recorded at the 2022 Spring Song Festival. 'The Hare', recorded at the 2022 Spring Song Festival. 'The Ride-By-Nights', recorded at the…
Poet
Alfred Edward Housman
Alfred Edward Housman (/26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the…