Ichabod lyrics
Song information
Artist: Mark Erelli Album: The Memorial Hall Recordings
Lyrics
(John greenleaf whittier & lorne entress)
So fallen, so lost, the light withdrawn Which once he wore The glory from his gray hair gone Forevermore
Revile him not, the tempter hath A snare for all And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath Befit his fall
Oh dumb be passion's stormy rage When he who might Have lighted up and led his age Falls back in night
Scorn, would the angels laugh to mark A bright soul driven Fiend-goaded down the endless dark From hope and heaven
Let not the land once proud of him Insult him now Nor brand with deeper shame his dim Dishonored brow
But let its humbled sons instead From sea to lake A long lament, as for the dead In sadness make
Of all we loved and honored Naught save power remains A fallen angel's pride of thought Still strong in chains
All else is gone from those great eyes The soul has fled When faith is lost when honor dies The man is dead
Then pay the reverence of old days To his dead fame Walk backward with averted gaze
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"The Memorial Hall Recordings" album track list
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