The Bite-Comus

[ti:The Bite] [ar:Comus] [al:The Complete Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.38]The Bite - Comus [00:04.29] [00:42.95]The wolf's lough eerie cracks the humid night air [00:45.04] [00:45.85]The rabbit freezes the fox in his lair [00:47.99] [00:48.73]The owl hoots shrilly searching the dark [00:50.82] [00:51.72]The moon white flangs through the trees tall and stark [00:53.82] [00:54.53]Who would emerge on a night like this [00:57.51] [01:00.36]Who would loose his bonds and greet the air with a hiss [01:03.26] [01:06.39]The battered Christian down his head in despair [01:08.54] [01:09.33]The crown of sharp thorns revealed 'neath his hair [01:11.44] [01:12.24]His scrawny body worn tnin by the trial [01:14.34] [01:15.23]Stand taut and painful on the pilgrim's last mile [01:17.46] [01:18.12]A million fleshy things converge upon the spots [01:20.98] [01:23.84]His eye retort the atmosphere is hot [01:26.89] [01:36.64]The wolf sniffs ivory fanged he bristles up [01:41.78] [01:42.81]The fox smiles knowingly but dares not step out of line [01:48.12] [01:54.57]Through the twisting crushing silence [01:57.67]The broken Christian creeps [01:59.64] [02:00.88]Each footstep like a thunderclap [02:03.35] [02:04.05]Among the trunky deeps [02:06.28] [02:07.27]No bird make sound no creature moves [02:10.04] [02:10.63]To break the gripping air [02:12.78] [02:13.37]And the Christian he raises his hand up to his mouth [02:16.56]But for a whisper he cannot dare [02:19.17] [03:56.84]The Christian wakes trembles with sweat [03:58.93] [03:59.86]The cell's dark walls stony and wet [04:02.08] [04:02.80]Metallic echoes as the bolts are drawn back [04:05.89]The doors swing inwards light through the crack [04:08.56]The jailer looks indifferent to him [04:11.66] [04:14.50]The routine morning martyr's death for him [04:17.63] [04:20.52]A misty cold sad morning [04:22.81] [04:23.33]Greets the Christian's haggard grin [04:25.76] [04:26.97]The rope is slung and the noose is tied [04:30.22]The Christian's neck is thin [04:32.21] [04:33.43]The block is raised he stands erect [04:36.14] [04:36.83]The rope beneath his chin [04:39.02] [04:40.03]They pull the block [04:41.68]And the Christian drops [04:43.32]He hangs above the scene