Off the bat!

Richard Corben: Bad For Good with no headings (Worked by Zoltar1979)

Thy Kingdom Come

James Carroll Beckwith: The Emperor

Behold in the sky is the rising Son

We let these chains be undone

Thy Kingdom Come

Thy Will Be Done

For he who has an ear, I pray that he might hear

Ride of the Templars

Viktor Vasnetsov: Russian Armored Warrior

Riding and flying on the wings of storm 

Under the shadow of the "Beauceant" 

In the solitude of this sea of sand 

Steel may be a good companion 

Templar knights come in the dawn 

Like a white storm of blood thirsty birds 

Breaking in the enemy camp 

In a whirlwind of swords 

Twenty two against one thousand 

Cutting shields breaking bones 

Furiously hammering in the bloody mist of battle 

Under the red light of sky 

[Chorus:] 

Black and white, darkness and light 

Death and life, pray and fight 

Cross and crescent, evil and good 

All this called "Baphomet" 

Feel the sweet caress of the warm breeze of dunes 

Hear the wail of wind through the mountains 

The vision fade away 

On the red hot sand 

So close your eyes 

Son of the northern mist 

Awake the knowledge 

Light on the torch inside 

Man came from over the sea 

The Broken Sword

John Howe - Aragorn

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king

(J.R.R. Tolkien)

(Mystery - Broken Sword)

Far over the misty mountains cold

John Howe: Smaug

(Far over the misty mountains cold by J.R.R. Tolkien)

Far over the misty mountains cold

To dungeons deep and caverns old

We must away ere break of day

To seek the pale enchanted gold.

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,

While hammers fell like ringing bells

In places deep, where dark things sleep,

In hollow halls beneath the fells.

For ancient king and elvish lord

There many a gleaming golden hoard

They shaped and wrought, and light they caught

To hide in gems on hilt of sword.

On silver necklaces they strung

The flowering stars, on crowns they hung

The dragon-fire, in twisted wire

They meshed the light of moon and sun.

Far over the misty mountains cold

To dungeons deep and caverns old

We must away, ere break of day,

To claim our long-forgotten gold.

Goblets they carved there for themselves

And harps of gold; where no man delves

There lay they long, and many a song

Was sung unheard by men or elves.

The pines were roaring on the height,

The winds were moaning in the night.

The fire was red, it flaming spread;

The trees like torches blazed with light.

The bells were ringing in the dale

And men they looked up with faces pale;

The dragon’s ire more fierce than fire

Laid low their towers and houses frail.

The mountain smoked beneath the moon;

The dwarves they heard the tramp of doom.

They fled their hall to dying fall

Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.

Far over the misty mountains grim

To dungeons deep and caverns dim

We must away, ere break of day,

To win our harps and gold from him!

No more hell to pay!

Mihály Zichy: The_Triumph of the Genius of Destruction

I am taking it a day at a time

and I don't care what the doubting voices say

I am lifting up the Name that will shine

and the light of heaven's brighter everyday

Oh, I know that it's rough

though I know there is pain

Even so when it's tough

I will not be ashamed!

If the dawn reveals the end of days

I'll follow You till there's no more hell to pay!

You have given me a gift I won't deny

and You're offering a better world to come

The sorrow of tomorrows left so far behind

with the joy of what this life will soon become

If I'm deep in the storm,

if I'm caught in the rain

From the time I was born

it's You that always remained!

If the sun has fallen from the sky

and the stars that shine begin to hide

When the night has stolen everyday

I'll follow You till there's no more hell to pay!

War in Heaven

Luca Giordano: The Fall of the Rebel Angels

They rise from this fiery region,

On dragon-like wings, by thousands they've come to war.

And dark are the Seraphic Legions,

With armor and shield, they raise their flaming swords.

In the name of the Archangel Lucifer

The Legions hath come, to divide and to conquer

Thy kingdom, Thy power, Thy throne,

The Seraphic legions they goe . . .

The celestial armies of heaven,

Descend from the Sovereign's sky forth God's command.

And lo, Michael with sword in hand,

He leads the Lordian Guard to slay to damn.

In the name of the Almighty Father,

The angels hath come to cast out the Legions

Forever, to the infernal realm,

From heaven to hell . . .

On chariots of thunder and lightning,

On Lordian Steeds the angels smite their foe.

And the Seraph they fall to destruction,

As the hounds and the carrion of hell feast on their corpse.

Now lost is the Archangel Lucifer,

Who thought in his mind, he could rise to Empyrean dominion

'Til fate was his foe,

The will of God his woe . . .

The shepherd and the lamb

Frederick Sandys: Proud Maisie

Long ago in the land of the wolf and the raven

Deep down a valley, once a village

So dark and cold, way out of sunlight

Beyond an evil spell, eternal night.

When you walk through the mist

In the valley of darkness

And on to the village of ice

In the castle of snow

Far beyond what’s below

The devil’s kissing the lady in white.

Oh rise, sun rise

Mighty and bright

Shine over land

The shepherd and the lamb

Chase evil off this land.

White as snow, the only light of winter

Bright as the morning sun and it’s glory

She calls me to her when it’s colder

Lays a whisper on my shoulder.

Oh, so cold in the land of the wolf and the raven

Deep in the valley once a flower

Half man, half wolf, she’s in the tower

The village ruled by evil powers.

Cursed Canaan

Frank Frazetta: Castle of Sin

Genesis 9:1: And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Genesis 9:2: And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Genesis 9:3: Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Genesis 9:4: But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Genesis 9:5: And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

Genesis 9:6: Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Genesis 9:7: And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

Genesis 9:8: And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

Genesis 9:9: And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Genesis 9:10: And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

Genesis 9:11: And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

Genesis 9:12: And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Genesis 9:13: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 9:14: And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

Genesis 9:15: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Genesis 9:16: And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 9:17: And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 9:18: And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Genesis 9:19: These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

Genesis 9:20: And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

Genesis 9:21: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Genesis 9:22: And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Genesis 9:23: And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

Genesis 9:24: And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

Genesis 9:25: And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Genesis 9:26: And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Genesis 9:27: God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Genesis 9:28: And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

Genesis 9:29: And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

The stars have faded

Edward Robert Hughes: The Valkyrie's Vigil

You've lost this heart

While chasing after a mirage

You've betrayed this heart

And I can do nothing but hate you

Can you hear my pain?

Your voice dies

And stupid as I am, I wait for you forever

Forget

or live no longer

or, then, only the night, the night, the night!

The stars have faded

With the pale moon beam

Love cries

That rushes forward like a wave

Then disappears

The night is empty

And the hope it brings is brief

Bitter tears fall

A broken heart, despairing

passes by...

What has happened to the empty dreams?

Where have the brief temptations gone?