Some far night they will wake and ride.

Once they were riders hot with speed,

"Kelpie, Kelpie, gallop at need!"

With hills of the barren sea to roam,

Housing their horses on the foam.

But earth is cool and the hush is long

Beneath the lull of the slumber song

The crickets falter and strive to tell

To the dragon-fly of the crystal well;