2187 Lullaby, Loreena McKennitt

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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWqQ9uwqQxk

  May 7, 2004

   

  Lyrics are from a William Blake poem, read by a male actor whose
  voice I recognize but I can't place exactly who it is. It came up on
  my launchcast, made me cry.
  
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  Poem by William Blake
  
  O for a voice like thunder, and a tongue
  To drown the throat of war! When the senses
  Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness,
  Who can stand? When the souls of the oppressed
  Fight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand?
  When the whirlwind of fury comes from the
  Throne of God, when the frowns of his countenance
  Drive the nations together, who can stand?
  When Sin claps his broad wings over the battle,
  And sails rejoicing in the flood of Death;
  When souls are torn to everlasting fire,
  And friends of Hell rejoice upon the slain,
  O who can stand? O who hath caused this?
  O who can answer at the throne of God?
  The Kings and Nobles of the Land have done it!
  Hear it not, Heaven, thy Ministers have done it!