My soul is dark (Lord Byron)

This is a re-recorded, acoustic version. The original Yorick — "My soul is dark" from the album "The Rest Is Silence" 2004 / Music by U.Kipiani / lyrics by George Gordon Byron / performed by Tatia My soul is dark--Oh! quickly string The harp I yet can brook to hear; And let thy gentle fingers fling Its melting murmurs o&mine ear. If in this heart a hope be dear, That sound shall charm it forth again: If in these eyes there lurk a tear, &flow, and cease to burn my brain. But bid the strain be wild and deep, Nor let thy notes of joy be first: I tell thee, minstrel, I must weep, Or else this heavy heart will burst; For it hath been by sorrow nursed, And ached in sleepless silence, long; And now &doomed to know the worst, And break at once--or yield to song.