Intro:
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[Am]"O soft emb[C]almer of ye [Em]still midnight,
[Am]Allow me t[C]hee to a[Em]down,[G]
Of [Am]any sort thou f[C]ancieth;[Em]
Each h[Am]oldeth its o[C]wn fancy[Em], I say -[G]
[Am]Yet the p[C]leasure we p[Em]artake in[G]
[Am]Was caus'd [C]by the f[Em]ang'd grin,[G]
[Am]Save!, do [C]I for [Em]him anger hold?[G]
[Am]Nay - I k[C]new I was [Em]fey!"[G]
[Am]"Had I what it t[C]aketh[Em] I would do;
[Am]I s[C]ens[Em]e - I cannot s[G]ense,
[Am]I a[C]m [Em]- yet! I am not -
[Am]Once I kiss'd the [C]image
Of the S[Em]even Angels of D[G]eath..."
[Am]"Yet as t[C]hou [Em]so didst,[G]
[Am]On my lips a [C]kiss landed[Em],
[G]And [Am]with the s[C]hadows blended[Em]
The t[G]ender[Am]most s[Em]ilken mourn;[G]
[Gm]
In w[Eb]hich the l[Cm]ight hi[Bb]dden is[Gm] -[Eb][Cm][Bb]
Yon [Gm]Hell's brazen d[Eb]oors
[Cm]Wrothfully it t[Bb]rieth to push[Gm]."[Eb][Cm][Bb]
[Gm]
"Then, [Eb]lo! the [Cm]Black Death,[Bb]
[Gm]Serpent-lik[Eb]e 'twixt the breast[Cm]s crept;[Bb]
[Gm]Hush'd with a [Eb]gasp of life's b[Cm]reath,
Toget[Bb]her red tear[Gm]s we [Eb]wept - in v[Cm]ain,[Bb]
And [Gm]pass'd the pro[Eb]cession of d[Cm]ancers d[Bb]ead -
As in d[Gm]arkness were [Eb]we l[Cm]ock'd in [Bb]wed."
[Gm]
I [Eb]kiss'd the [Cm]Seven A[Bb]ngels of Death.[Gm]"
"And Hel[Eb]l open'd its d[Cm]oors,[Bb]
Yet [Gm]what was '[Eb]fore my eyes
[Cm]But if not the [Bb]brightest light[Gm]."
"But if not[Eb], but if not[Cm] the[Bb] brightest l[Dm]ight."
[(] [D5] [B5] [A5] [G5] [)]
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[Am]"O soft emb[C]almer of ye [Em]still midnight,
[Am]Allow me t[C]hee to a[Em]down,[G]
Of [Am]any sort thou f[C]ancieth;[Em]
Each h[Am]oldeth its o[C]wn fancy[Em], I say -[G]
[Am]Yet the p[C]leasure we p[Em]artake in[G]
[Am]Was caus'd [C]by the f[Em]ang'd grin,[G]
[Am]Save!, do [C]I for [Em]him anger hold?[G]
[Am]Nay - I k[C]new I was [Em]fey!"[G]
[Am]"Had I what it t[C]aketh[Em] I would do;
[Am]I s[C]ens[Em]e - I cannot s[G]ense,
[Am]I a[C]m [Em]- yet! I am not -
[Am]Once I kiss'd the [C]image
Of the S[Em]even Angels of D[G]eath..."
[Am]"Yet as t[C]hou [Em]so didst,[G]
[Am]On my lips a [C]kiss landed[Em],
[G]And [Am]with the s[C]hadows blended[Em]
The t[G]ender[Am]most s[Em]ilken mourn;[G]
[Gm]
In w[Eb]hich the l[Cm]ight hi[Bb]dden is[Gm] -[Eb][Cm][Bb]
Yon [Gm]Hell's brazen d[Eb]oors
[Cm]Wrothfully it t[Bb]rieth to push[Gm]."[Eb][Cm][Bb]
[Gm]
"Then, [Eb]lo! the [Cm]Black Death,[Bb]
[Gm]Serpent-lik[Eb]e 'twixt the breast[Cm]s crept;[Bb]
[Gm]Hush'd with a [Eb]gasp of life's b[Cm]reath,
Toget[Bb]her red tear[Gm]s we [Eb]wept - in v[Cm]ain,[Bb]
And [Gm]pass'd the pro[Eb]cession of d[Cm]ancers d[Bb]ead -
As in d[Gm]arkness were [Eb]we l[Cm]ock'd in [Bb]wed."
[Gm]
I [Eb]kiss'd the [Cm]Seven A[Bb]ngels of Death.[Gm]"
"And Hel[Eb]l open'd its d[Cm]oors,[Bb]
Yet [Gm]what was '[Eb]fore my eyes
[Cm]But if not the [Bb]brightest light[Gm]."
"But if not[Eb], but if not[Cm] the[Bb] brightest l[Dm]ight."
[(] [D5] [B5] [A5] [G5] [)]