Maudlin Of The Well Catharsis Of Sea-sleep And Dreaming Shrines Lyrics

Catharsis Of Sea-sleep And Dreaming Shrines Lyrics

In my dreams I see no nearer god. 

The waves that move, 

They pierce
my drifting soul. 

With want I reach in vain to grasp the sun 

As
off it falls beneath the dancing fields 

And paints fore'er this
spout-girt majesty! 

O, slimy things! 

I yearn to hear you sing
from depths as deep as stars doth shine 

From realms of light above. 

I wish to hear thee sing! 

O, ammonite with aeon-closed eye! 

Speak to me in water-tongues 

And grant to me the eyesight you once
saw 

The Sea-gods with! 

My voyage as above, so below 

Upon a
dreaming ship I sail 

Upon my life I conjure they whom no dry eyes have
seen 

Since sleep hath stolen over forms and sunken temples built 

By gods themselves! 

Alone I embark for cities immersed 

In
depths of thought and caverns full of dreams! 

What corals dress this
city fallen? 

What the magick language lost one-thousand leagues? 

Nightmare! Come, and speak to me 

From beneath the waves that rock
young ships 

To slumber sweet 

Gods, caress me with thy chthonic
hands 

Steep my mind with the beauty of a vision-world 

And bury me
in temples where my soul 

Can e'er explore these realms of madness
submerged!