Venus
C#m: With beauty was she blessed
Emaj: Yet in stride left a curse—
(Simile)
Day by day she pined,
Pined away in her verse
But would Venus see,
The world afar alight
She could see it ere
In the blistering, chill night
Pensive in her gait
Hardly a spirit near
Aimlessly wandering yet—
Found source of human fear
But would Venus see,
The world afar alight
She could see it ere
In the blistering, chill night
Men of many had once
Sought her gaze
But her mind could only see
The end of human days
But would Venus see,
The world afar alight
She could see it ere
In the blistering, chill night
Loneliness reigns,
Yet still she would find
Her soul now of darkness
The music of the mind
Her brilliance hindered,
Insufferably rare—
Collapsed and weeped,
For she could not share
But would Venus see,
The world afar alight
She could see it ere
In the blistering, chill night