Plate 21-22
Ulver
Bm
(início)
Bm I have always found that Angels G have the vanity to speak of Bm themselves as the only wise; this they G do with a confident insolence sprouting Bm from systematic reason- G ing
Verse 1
Bm A G Thus Swedenborg boasts that what he writes is new; tho' it is only the Bm A G Contents or Index of already publish'd books;A man carried a Bm A G monkey about for a show, & because he was a little wiser than the monkey,... Bm A G grew vain, and conciev'd himself as much wiser than seven men.
Refrain 1
Gm F D# F It is so with Swedenborg; he shows the folly of Gm F D# F churches & exposes hypocrites, till he imagines that all are Gm F D# F religious, & himself the single one on earth that ever broke a Gm F D# F net... Now hear a plain fact;
Verse 2
Bm A G Swedenborg has not written one new truth. And now hear Bm A G another he has written all the old falshoods. And now hear the Bm A G reason He conversed with Angels who are all Bm A G religious, & conversed not with Devils who all hate religion, for he was Bm A G incapable thro' his conceited notions Thus Swedenborgs Bm A G writings are a recapitulation of all superficial, opinions, Bm A G and an analysis of the more sublime, but no further Bm A G Have now another plain fact- Anyone of mechanical talents may;
Refrain 2
Gm F D# F From the writings of Paracelsus or Jacob Behmen, produce ten thousand vol- Gm F D# F umes of equal value with Swedenborgs, and from those of Dante or Shake Gm F D# F spear, an infinite number But when he has done this, let him not Gm F D# F say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle F in sunshine
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