Amethyst Remembrance
Performed by the Hong Kong Knife

I held a Jewel in my fingers
And went to sleep
The day was warm,
Ah winds, winds were prosy
I said, I said "Twill keep"

I held a Jewel in my fingers
And went to sleep
The day was warm,
Ah winds, winds were prosy
I said, I said "Twill keep"

I woke - and chid my fingers,
The Gem was gone in my hands
And now,
an Amethyst remembrance
Is all I own

Go from me!
Yet I feel that I shall stand
Henceforward in thy shadow,
God From Me!

Go from me!
Yet I feel that I shall stand
Henceforward in thy shadow,
God From Me!

Lyrics taken from a poem by Emily Dickinson (I Held a Jewel in my Fingers), as well as from Elizabeth Barret Browning (the last verse is taken from her writing).

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