Over and over and over again,

The man who was murder'd was Jack Devize,

And the man who murder'd him, Harry Vane!

I dream I am standing on purple heights,

Alone and alone for ever and aye;

The sun is shining with pitiless lights;

I pray that darkness may cover the sky.

I dream I am lying buried in sand,

Alone and alone for ever and aye;

Parch'd and dry is the terrible land;