[00:00:01] Constantine's Dream - Patti Smith [00:00:19] In Arezzo I dreamed a dream [00:00:28] Of Saint Francis who kneeled and prayed [00:00:37] For the birds and the beasts and all humankind [00:00:51] All through the night I felt drawn in by him [00:01:01] And I heard him call [00:01:05] Like a distant hymn [00:01:12] I retreated from the silence of my room [00:01:16] Stepping down the ancient stones washed with dawn [00:01:21] And entered the basilica that bore his name [00:01:26] Seeing his effigy I bowed my head [00:01:32] And my racing heart I gave to him I kneeled and prayed [00:01:46] And the sleep that I could not find in the night [00:01:51] I found through him [00:01:58] I saw before me the world of his world [00:02:03] The bright fields the birds in abundance [00:02:08] All of nature of which he sang [00:02:12] Singing of him [00:02:16] All the beauty that surrounded him as he walked [00:02:20] His nature that was nature itself [00:02:24] And I heard him - I heard him speak [00:02:29] And the birds sang sweetly [00:02:32] And the wolves licked his feet [00:02:36] But I could not give myself to him [00:02:40] I felt another call from the basilica itself [00:02:45] The call of art - the call of man [00:02:49] And the beauty of the material drew me away [00:02:53] And I awoke and beheld upon the wall [00:02:57] The dream of Constantine [00:03:02] The handiwork of Piero della Francesca [00:03:07] Who had stood where I stood [00:03:11] With his brush stroked The Legend of the True Cross [00:03:20] He envisioned Constantine advancing to greet the enemy [00:03:26] But as he was passing the river [00:03:29] An unaccustomed fear gripped his bowels [00:03:32] An anticipation so overwhelming that it manifested in waves [00:03:43] All through the night a dream drew toward him [00:03:53] As an advancing Crusade [00:03:54] He slept in his tent on the battlefield [00:03:59] While his men stood guard [00:04:02] And an angel awoke him [00:04:07] Constantine within his dream awoke [00:04:11] And his men saw a light pass over the face of the King [00:04:16] The troubled King [00:04:19] And the angel came and showed to him [00:04:22] The sign of the true cross in heaven [00:04:27] And upon it was written [00:04:30] In this sign shall thou conquer [00:04:32] In the distance the tents of his army were lit by moonlight [00:04:39] But another kind of radiance lit the face of Constantine [00:04:44] And in the morning light [00:04:47] The artist seeing his work was done [00:04:52] Saw that it was good [00:04:56] In this sign shall thou conquer [00:05:12] He let his brush drop and passed into a sleep of his own [00:05:17] And he dreamed of Constantine carrying into battle in his right hand [00:05:22] An immaculate undefiled single white Cross [00:05:29] Piero della Francesca as his brush stroked the wall [00:05:34] Was filled with a torpor [00:05:39] And fell into a dream of his own [00:05:46] From the geometry of his heart he mapped it out [00:05:51] He saw the King rise fitted with armor [00:05:56] Set upon a white horse [00:05:56] An immaculate cross in his right hand [00:06:01] He advanced toward the enemy [00:06:04] And the symmetry the perfection of his mathematics [00:06:08] Caused the scattering of the enemy [00:06:11] Agitated broken they fled [00:06:15] And Piero della Francesca waking cried out [00:06:22] All is art - all is future [00:06:27] Oh Lord let me die on the back of adventure [00:06:32] With a brush and an eye full of light [00:06:38] But as he advanced in age [00:06:41] The light was shorn from his eyes [00:06:44] And blinded he laid upon his bed [00:06:47] On an October morning 1492 and whispered [00:06:55] Oh Lord let me die on the back of adventure [00:07:04] Oh Lord let me die on the back of adventure [00:07:13] And a world away - a world away [00:07:21] On three great ships [00:07:24] Adventure itself as if to answer [00:07:27] Pulling into the New World [00:07:29] And as far as his eyes could see [00:07:32] No longer blind [00:07:34] All of nature unspoiled - beautiful - beautiful [00:07:42] In such a manner that would have lifted the heart of St Francis 404

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