Constantine\x27s Dream

歌曲歌詞

In Arezzo I dreamed a dream

Of Saint Francis who kneeled and prayed

For the birds and the beasts and all humankind

All through the night I felt drawn in by him

And I heard him call

Like a distant hymn

I retreated from the silence of my room

Stepping down the ancient stones washed with dawn

And entered the basilica that bore his name

Seeing his effigy I bowed my head

And my racing heart I gave to him I kneeled and prayed

And the sleep that I could not find in the night

I found through him

I saw before me the world of his world

The bright fields the birds in abundance

All of nature of which he sang

Singing of him

All the beauty that surrounded him as he walked

His nature that was nature itself

And I heard him - I heard him speak

And the birds sang sweetly

And the wolves licked his feet

But I could not give myself to him

I felt another call from the basilica itself

The call of art - the call of man

And the beauty of the material drew me away

And I awoke and beheld upon the wall

The dream of Constantine

The handiwork of Piero della Francesca

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