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Pan's Genesis

from Obscurity Unto Infinity by Panjenix

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Original Poem by Elizabeth Barret Browning

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Pan’s Genesis - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

What was he doing, the great god Pan,
Down in the reeds by the river?
Spreading ruin and scattering ban,
Down in the reeds by the river?
Splashing the surf with the hoofs of a goat,
Breaking the golden lilies afloat
With the dragon-fly on the river.

He tore out a reed, the great god Pan,
From the deep cool bed of the river
The raging water turbidly ran,
From the deep cool bed of the river
Broken lilies a-dying lay,
The dragon-fly had fled away,
Ere he brought it out from the river.

High on the shore sat the great god Pan
While turbidly flowed the river
He hacked and He hewed as a great god can
While turbidly flowed the river
His hard bleak steel at the patient reed
Till there was no sign of leaf indeed
To prove it fresh from the river.

He cut it short, did the great god Pan,
How tall it stood in the river
Then drew the pith, like the heart of man
How tall He stood in the river
Steadily from the outside ring,
He notched the poor dry empty thing
In holes, as he sat by the river.

'This is the way' laughed the great god Pan
Laughed as he sat by the river
'The only way, since gods began”
He Laughed as he sat by the river
To make sweet music, would succeed
Dropping his mouth to a hole in the reed
He blew in the power of the river.

Sweet, sweet, sweet, O Pan
Piercing sweet by the river
Blindingly sweet, O great god Pan
Piercing sweet by the river
The sun on the hill forgot to die,
The lilies revived, and the dragon-fly
Came back to dream on the river.

Yet half a beast is the great god Pan,
He laughs as he sits by the river
Making a poet of many a man
To laugh as he sits by the river
The true god sighs for the cost and the pain
For the reed which na’er shall grow again
As a reed with the reeds in the river.

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from Obscurity Unto Infinity, released November 13, 2018

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Panjenix Accrington, UK

Panjenix are a Turbofolk Trio from East Lancashire performing a mix of excellent self written material and alternate versions of Folk, Rock and Punk songs. They feature a blend of acoustic and electronic technologies to deliver an eclectic and entertaining performance featuring songs from Political/Social comment to love songs to comedy, which has been captivating audiences countrywide for years. ... more

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