Lyrics
(Verse 1)
Is this the place,
This the soil,
The face,
This the seat,
That we must change for Heaven?
These circles seven
This mournful night
For that celestial light?
So be it, alright!
He who is sovereign can bid
What is great and what is less…
Farthest from him is best!
(Chorus)
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hourrrrrrr
It is right it should be so
Man was made for Joy and Woe
And when this we rightly know
Through the World we safely go
God Appears and God is Light
To those poor Souls who dwell in Night
But does a Human Form Display…
To those who Dwell in Relms of day?
Oh! Oh! Ohhhhhhh, ohhhhhh!
Oh! Oh! Ohhhhhhh, ohhhhhh, ohhhhhh!
(Verse 2)
Whom reason had equalled,
Force made supreme above his equals.
Farewell happy rest
Where joys forever dwell
Hail this our test!
Hail horrors!
Hail infernal world!
And hail profoundest Hell!
Receive your new possessor: one who flew,
A mind not to be changed by place or fell.
The mind is its own place,
And in itself,
Can make a Heaven of Hell…
And a Hell of Heaven!
(Chorus)
A Heaven of Hell! A Hell of Heaven! Ohhhhhhhhh...
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
It is right it should be so
Man was made for Joy and Woe
And when this we rightly know
Through the World we safely go
God Appears and God is Light
To those poor Souls who dwell in Night
But does a Human Form Display…
To those who Dwell in Relms of day?
(Verse 3)
What matter where, if I still be myself?
And what I should be,
All but less than He
Whom thunder hath made greater?
Here at least,
We shall be free! Shall be free!
The Almighty hath not built here for His envy,
Will not drive us from what He has not built
Here we may reign secure, no guilt!
To reign is worth it though in Hell,
Better to reign in Hell…
Than serve in Heaven!
(Chorus)
Ohhhhhhhhhhh!
Than serve in Heaven! Serve in Heaven! Ohhhhhhhhhhh!
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
It is right it should be so
Man was made for Joy and Woe
And when this we rightly know
Through the World we safely go
God Appears and God is Light
To those poor Souls who dwell in Night
But does a Human Form Display…
To those who Dwell in Relms of day?
(Verse)
But wherefore let we then our faithful tell,
The associates of our leaving,
Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool,
And call them not to share with us their part,
In this unhappy mansion, not so cool,
With rallied arms to try what may restart.
Regained in Heaven,
Or what more lost in Hell?
(Chorus)
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
Ohhhhhhhh!
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Ohhhhhhhh, ohhhhhh!
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hourrrrrrrrrr
It is right it should be so
Man was made for Joy and Woe
And when this we rightly know
Through the World we safely go
God Appears and God is Light
To those poor Souls who dwell in Night
But does a Human Form Display…
To those who Dwell in Relms of day?
(End of song)
