A Dark Melancholy

A Dark Melancholy

by Charles E S Fairey

I have a dark melancholy about me

Something only the soothsayers see

My muses of death and madness be

For I have a dark melancholy about me

I have a dark melancholy about me

Of all who know me do sometimes see

With the gothic romantics and masters I be

For I have a dark melancholy about me

I have a dark melancholy about me

The spirits of dark Victorian alleys see

For with Jack I'll linger and laugh and be

For I have a dark melancholy about me

I have a dark melancholy about me

With tongue of flame and eye of see

For I am with the alley cats and penny dreadfuls be

For I have a dark melancholy about me

I have a dark melancholy about me

With smoking brush and history's canvas see

For with the muses of Dorian Gray I be

For I have a dark melancholy about me

I have a dark melancholy about me

With pen in hand and pipe abide and bible see

For with the angels demons and prophets be

For I have a dark melancholy about me

I have a dark melancholy about me

With violin and dark satire by graveside see

For with the muses of the dead I'll Poe like be

For I have a dark melancholy about me

I have a dark melancholy about me

And my muses are death and madness be

For I am mad yet dead

Yet sane yet bled

For I have a dark melancholy about me