Count Jefferey

And Also The Trees

And Also The Trees

Millpond

Count Jefferey

For he is Count Jefferey

For he is the servant of no man

For he casts the shadow of fear

For he is everywhere

For he rides

For he kicks

For he takes

For he leaves

For he strides down the lime groves

But sees only the road in front of him

For he has done his duty

You have done your duty

Count Jefferey

For he destroys

For he gains

For he takes

For he hates

And for he is the hated

And for when he takes his prey

He takes the lord's touch

He counteracts the power of darkness

For he counteracts the devil

Who rides so briskly about his life

But Jefferey you lack in spirit

Hey Jefferey you are lacking in spirit

Count Jefferey

For he lies

For he waits

Open eyed and granite faced

But what holds you from your sleep?

Is it the gold clocks

Or the nightingales you cannot hear

Or the famine wolves outside your walls?

Count Jefferey

The portrait gallery is laughing

Or is it the village babies crying?

As the nightmare of life come true

Where did you go

That brought you screaming with the cockerels?

Count Jefferey