Terror Tales

Eleanor's Lament

Sit down now and calm yourselves

For this will not last for long

But it must be told and told tonight

Before the midnight song

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Fear not for the tale before you

Lies but in the past

Its hunger has long been sated

Its players have all been cast

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I will reveal the tale

And I will recite it right and true

And tell it as the lines have run

Within the crimson hue

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Tell me more my Eleanor

Tell me what you will

And know that I love you so

So much that I will kill

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In her hair were auburn curls

That bounced along the shore

Oh, what emerald eyes

Were our Eleanor

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A pleasant smile an alluring gait

She held along the boards

Inspiring without intent

As she wandered along the shores

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She stepped down from the boards

And walked along the sands

And tilt her head toward heaven

As the wind blew her curls to strands

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She stood upon the border there

Between the sand and the sea

Gazing out with a longing

And with a whisper set it free

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Her yearning seemed so simple

A meager thing to ask

For her wistful dreams were of love

A love to always last

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What burning were the fire's

How upon her soul they pour

Oh, what love's desires

Were our Eleanor