Cast The Angels Out (passion plays hemolck)

Cast the angels out of her eyes,

The lover's breath from her lungs
As they heave and fall, furious
In the seething cimmerian rise.

Cast the angels out -
Of those sapphires hanging
Like stars in the night
Of this lurid bedside.

Take her grace and beauty,
Her stuttered attempts at
Noble vanity which leave
Longing lips cleft in sigh.

Cast the angels out of her eyes -
When the heart dwells within Eden
Before dawn has even broken
Passion plays hemlock to the wise.