The House of Eld

Now the old winds are wild about the house,

And the old ghosts cry to me from the air

Of a far isle set in the western sea,

And of the evening sunlight lingering there.

Ah! I am bound here, bound and fettered,

The dark house crumbles, and the woods decay,

I was too fain of life, that bound me here;

Away, old long-loved ghosts, away, away!

[pg 42]