Lyrics:

An artist is what is call'd the self that the brush holdeth 
Though hath it then caringly caress'd the Canvas of to-morrow?
O Canvas! For thee I hold my tool  still! Passionless it quivereth,
Minding not that my hands are more than apt;
My Muse!

Where is hidden
The blue-hu�d arch 'neath the High Heaven's rich emblazonry,
The flowery meadow, embrac'd by the horizon  snowflak'd and aery mountains,
In which the bare-breasted maidens dance to the lay o' midsummer,
Aloft the distant lazy flapping of the doves in vainglore.

O Canvas!, wherefore canst thou these images not allow? 
I deem a projection of my Theatre they should be! 
Then, I challenge thee the wisdom of naysaying the yearns o' mine 
What is this unforseen that not enjoineth light shades to be skillfully paint�d?

I thought that love would last forever...
I was wrong!

The raven sky prey'd on by the snowfill'd, blustery clouds,
Unadorn�d the meadow  hunger driveth the wolf out of the wood,
The maidens chain'd and whipp'd within a dreary dungeon 
And, lo! 'twixt the wizen roses a mossy grave:
'The Devil is as Black as he Painteth' 
O Canvas! wherefore?...