Love breeds sorrow, joy brings pain
Nothing good is eternal, no happiness lasts...

How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways...

For a moment I gaze into her soul.
I look deep into her eyes and the empty road melts...

Hungrily, greedily, despair gnaws at my heart...
Like a sickening mold it crawls into my heart and...

The drums sound once more
Heralds of Death pounding upon your door...

Long ago in a land across the sea
I did long to give my love to a beauty close to...

The autumn winds are bittersweet
Like jasper wine and sugar...

A new morn has risen,
And with it comes a vision of days long past, of...

Stars below and stars above
In the the sky gleam the jewels of Hopes pure...

Her hair, the darkest night
The stars, her sparkling sight...

Closed my heart, too tender
Full of scars, they bleed and tear...

Love has alighted upon my brow,
Making past fears seem distant and turning hopes...