A precious, mouldering pleasure 'tis
to meet an antique book,
in just the dress his century wore;
a privilege, I think,
His (venerable) hand to take,
and warming in our own,
a passage back, or two, to make
to times when he was young.
His quaint opinions to inspect,
his knowledge to unfold
on what concerns our mutual mind,
the literature of old;
What interested scholars most,
what competitions ran
when Plato was a certainty,
and Sophocles a man;
When Sappho was a living girl,
and Beatrice wore
the gown that Dante deified.
facts, centuries before,
He traverses familiar,
as one should come to town
and tell you all your dreams were true:he lived where dreams were born.
His presence is enchantment,
you beg him not to go;
old volumes shake their vellum heads
and tantalize, just so.
And there's grief of hunger, and grief of cold
and there's a sort they call despair
there's banishment from primitive lust
in the slightest sight of fundamental air
The lyrics X AND MOMENTS of ENSLAVEMENT OF BEAUTY is also present in the album Mere contemplations (2007)
Enslavement of Beauty è una band norvegese di symphonic black metal formatasi a gennaio 1995 da Ole Alexander Myrholt (voce e testi) e Tony Eugene Tunheim (chitarre e composizione). Negli anni successivi, la band ha composto e registrato materiale, sviluppando il proprio stile. Nell'estate del 1998 hanno registrato il demo CD "Devilry and Temptation", che ha portato a un contratto con Head Not Found/Voices of Wonder. Questo ha portato alla pubblicazione nel 1999 di "Traces O' Red", accolto con grande favore dalla critica. Nel novembre 2000, la band è tornata in studio per registrare il secondo album, "Megalomania", con l'aggiunta del batterista Asgeir Mickelson (Borknagar/Spiral Architect) e del bassista Hans-Aage Holmen. Nel 2007 è stato pubblicato con successo il terzo album, "Mere Contemplations", con l'etichetta I.N.R.I. Unlimited. Musicalmente la band mantiene un suono melodico profondamente ispirato alla musica classica, ma con un tocco metal più acuto e un'attitudine rock 'n' roll senza compromessi. Lyrically Enslavement of Beauty adotta un approccio più diretto, pur rimanendo influenzata dalla bellezza poetica delle opere di William Shakespeare e Marquis De Sade.
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