Lullaby Loreena Mc Kennitt

The final track from Loreena s debut album Elemental The lyrics below are a poem by William Blake Prologue, intended for a dramatic piece of King Edward the Fourth (Poetical Sketches), recited by the late Scottish actor Douglas Campbell. Copyright on this recording is owned by Loreena McKennitt, Quinlan Road It has been posted purely for purposes of critique. O for a voice like thunder, and a tongue, To drown the throat of war When the senses, Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness, , Who can stand When the souls of the oppressèd, Fight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand , When the whirlwind of fury comes from the, Throne of God, when the frowns of his countenance, Drive the nations together, who can stand , When Sin claps his broad wings over the battle, , And sails rejoicing in the flood of Death; , When souls are torn to everlasting fire, , And fiends of Hell rejoice upon the slain, , O who can stand O who hath