Eiderdown and Edelweiss (Heartache Suite)

The original version of Eiderdown and Edelweiss has been published in All of Me Vol. IV, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing.

Listen to Eiderdown and Edelweiss by Richard Charles Stevens (Heartache Suite)

Listen to Heartache Tonight by Eagles

Of famed delight
Of Home
.
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
The nights grew longer
Blacker
Colder
Storm clouds loomed
On flank and shoulder
Summer solstice
Way behind
In faith that autumn
Just may remind
Of fragrant smile
So ladylike
Of gentlemans cologne
Of haven safe
From fading light
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
The winds of change
Amazed in grace
For waning phase
Sustained the chain
Breaking waves
Regained their weight
While teardrops stained
The crest in brave
No accent grave
To drain the veins
Of leaves nowise
Oppressed as slaves
Threshed grain aside
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
Your place or mine
Said sun to moon
The skies approved
The stars were moved
Night heron glanced
Through reeds of chance
Bright lemon hue
Blessed errant dew
.
Lilacs crowned
Inherent Bloom
And all about
The garden grew
Regarded true
To start anew
Of ardent youth
Enthroned
For all its gloom
This heart still grew
Of famed delight
Of Home
For all its gloom
This heart still grew
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
The winds of change
Amazed in grace
For waning phase
Sustained the chain
Breaking waves
Regained their weight
While teardrops stained
The crest in brave
No accent grave
To drain the veins
Of leaves nowise
Oppressed as slaves
Threshed grain aside
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
The nights grew longer
Blacker
Colder
Skies once jaded
Wiser
Older
Light paraded
On flank and shoulder
Summer solstice
Sewn behind
The rind of winter
Bones enshrined
Known to bathe
Deep fears in light
In faith each tear
Would trail in kind
.
Space and time
Of distant chime
Of Eiderdown
Of Edelweiss
Of fragrant smile
So ladylike
Of gentlemans cologne
Of haven safe
From fading light
Of famed delight
Of Home
Of haven safe
From fading light
Of famed delight
Of Home
.
Space and time
Of distant chime
Of Eiderdown
Of Edelweiss
Of fragrant smile
So ladylike
Of gentlemans cologne
Of haven safe
From fading light
Of famed delight
Of Home
.