able

To twist the links in a mighty mat

With which he bent the forest flat

From Nahma-kanta to Depsiconneag

—Acres and acres—league after league;

Striding abroad from peak to dale

And laying on with his mighty flail.

Oh, fie for the shade of the manored hall,

A fig for a Thing in a grave-creased pall,

—For wraiths that flitter and flutter and sigh,