Woman in White

There's a certain slant of light On a winter afternoon That oppresses like the weight Of cathedral heavenly tunes We can find no scar Here on the inside The hurt it gives us Where the meanings are 'Tis like the distance On the look of death How excellent the heaven When earth cannot be had It was too late for mankind But early yet for God We can find no scar Here on the inside The hurt it gives us Where the meanings are 'Tis like the distance On the look of death Now the bodiless begun Two worlds like audiences Disperse and leave the soul alone None may teach it anything It's the seal of our despair An imperial affliction Sent us of the air tonight We can find no scar Here on the inside The hurt it gives us Where the meanings are 'Tis like the distance On the look of death Now the bodiless begun Two worlds like audiences Disperse and leave the soul alone On a mighty afternoon Creation looking on The flesh surrendered Here's his moan On this long storm the rainbow rose On this late morn the sun The clouds, like listless elephants Horizons straggled down The birds rose smiling in their nests The gales indeed were done Alas! Alas! How heedless were the eyes We can find no scar Here on the inside The hurt it gives us Where the meanings are 'Tis like the distance On the look of death Now the bodiless begun Two worlds like audiences Disperse and leave the soul alone On a mighty afternoon Creation looking on The flesh surrendered Here's his moan