Potential Titles: Carmen Sylva [aka Elisabeth of Wied]

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That make their path a desert - Carmen Sylva "A Coronation"

Beads of anguish on the furrowed brow - Carmen Sylva "A Debtor"

That roll so heavily from off the heart - Carmen Sylva "A Debtor"

What tortured nights have gone before - Carmen Sylva "A Debtor"

And thunders into hell, to rise again - Carmen Sylva "Down the Stream"

Drags the waters of hundred rivers with him - Carmen Sylva "Down the Stream"

And make a fortune out of all those waters - Carmen Sylva "Down the Stream"

Great as mortal eye and brain encompass - Carmen Sylva "A Dream"

For days I walked on clouds - Carmen Sylva "A Dream"

Of all those tears that burnt your cheeks - Carmen Sylva "A Friend"

And sing a lullaby of promise and of comfort - Carmen Sylva "A Friend"

As elementary as Fate's wild raving - Carmen Sylva "The Glowworm"

That leaf may be eternal by the light - Carmen Sylva "The Glowworm"

When all the clouds have spent their fire - Carmen Sylva "The Glowworm"

Flame will live, defying Fate's alarm - Carmen Sylva "The Glowworm"

Not knowing if again the storm will blow - Carmen Sylva "The Gnat"

But Fate is careless and will let us go - Carmen Sylva "The Gnat"

Darken not the hour when I rise out of myself - Carmen Sylva "Lethe"

Into the open day of wide forgetfulness - Carmen Sylva "Lethe"

Has burnt a mark no rivers wash away - Carmen Sylva "Lethe"

That hoards the many destinies of thousand years - Carmen Sylva "Night"

But laden with the knowledge of the past - Carmen Sylva "Night"

Acted so and erred and wrought such destinies - Carmen Sylva "Night"

Neglect not dreams nor call them worthless - Carmen Sylva "Night"

And gave us never yet a ray of satisfaction - Carmen Sylva "Out of the Deep"

In hearts that are too great for hope - Carmen Sylva "Out of the Deep"

Never ask why will is but obedience - Carmen Sylva "Out of the Deep"

Dare not tell your heart what it has suffered - Carmen Sylva "Rest"

And no more able to quiet that unruly heart - Carmen Sylva "Rest"

The wandering of your clock - Carmen Sylva "Rest"

That hammers nails into your brain and hands - Carmen Sylva "Rest"

Cruel dawn, with icy, deathlike eyes and hollow voice - Carmen Sylva "Rest"

Washed in tears, in blood, in rivers of despair - Carmen Sylva "Rest"

As rest forbids the cruel dawn to break - Carmen Sylva "Rest"

The clock is peaceful with its quiet beat - Carmen Sylva "Rest"

With trifles sacred to the heart - Carmen Sylva "A Room"

That embalm the past in mute forgiveness - Carmen Sylva "A Room"

With untoward avowal break the peace - Carmen Sylva "A Room"

Above yawning gulf and raging whirlpool - Carmen Sylva "Roused"

Unshed tears that lie like stones upon it - Carmen Sylva "Sadness"

A soundless word, a ghostly whisper - Carmen Sylva "Sadness"

To bloom into some unexpected beauty - Carmen Sylva "The Sentinel"

That the stranger knows what home is yours - Carmen Sylva "The Shadow"

Till the night calls forth the moon - Carmen Sylva "The Shadow"

Winter's moon will draw its line in naked truth - Carmen Sylva "The Shadow"

Soundless sobs of dark and burning tears - Carmen Sylva "To the Memory of Queen Victoria"

All the old scars of former battles bleed - Carmen Sylva "Unrest"

With trembling fingers seize that foolish heart - Carmen Sylva "Unrest"

Stand unshaken at the helm of life's wrecked craft - Carmen Sylva "Unrest"

The sign that bids the clouds disperse - Carmen Sylva "Unrest"

Away to other heights and other temples - Carmen Sylva "'Vengeance Is Mine,' Saith the Lord"

And not a tear will quench that fire - Carmen Sylva "'Vengeance Is Mine,' Saith the Lord"

Burnt to lava by your heart's own flame - Carmen Sylva "'Vengeance Is Mine,' Saith the Lord"


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