I've actually moved on to one of the other collections, again just skimming. This text was from a mustard colored book, probably goldenrod when it was first bound, faded with age and use. The first page of the collection has a number of symbols scribbled on it which remind me of the Led Zeppelin IV (or "ZoSo") album, which I find slightly amusing in the fact that most of the verses contained within have some sort of rhythm or lyrical sense to them. The following is one of the more coherent song/poems:
In (t)his image....
a silken heart
of spider borne
wretched & wrought
with blood forlorn
a rotted mind
of fabrique torn
blackened thoughts
rife with scorn
a broken face
of features shorn
a crown beset
by ring of thorns
a sickly soul
stretched & worn
in faith tatter'd
the star of morn.
I'm a bit loathe to imagine the melody (or lack thereof) that this hymn may be companion to...perhaps composed by a certain mute old man and his trusty viol?
