Two earlier journal notes deal with the general mythology of the Dark Lady.  This note, more personal, deals with a particular incarnation of this Lady that certain songs from this 1981 album remind me of.

Waiting for a Girl Like You, Urgent, and especially Woman in Black:

She draws me in
But she teaches me well
I never need any explanation
From that woman in black
She's a mystery
She's everything a woman should be
Woman in black got a hold on me

For sample sound clips of the above, click here.

For a summary of the August 27 note below, see the quote from William Congreve on the cover of the September 2002 Vanity Fair magazine:

"There is in true beauty, as in courage,
somewhat which narrow souls
cannot dare to admire."