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Cohen Leonard Villanelle For Our Time

(Words by Frank Scott, music by Leonard Cohen) From bitter searching of the heart, Quickened with passion and with pain We rise to play a greater part

(Words by Frank Scott, music by Leonard Cohen) From bitter searching of the heart, Quickened with passion and with pain We rise to play a greater part

(Words by Frank Scott, music by Leonard Cohen) From bitter searching of the heart, Quickened with passion and with pain We rise to play a greater part

part. The lesser loyalties depart, And neither race nor creed remain From bitter searching of the heart. Not steering by the venal chart That tricked the mass for