And hollow hills that circle the west;

Haunted of rooks and the far-off sea's

Immemorial vague unrest;

A land of sorrowful memories.

A gray sad land, where the wind has its will,

And the sun its way with the fruits and flowers;

Where ever the one all night is shrill,

And ever the other all day brings hours

Of glimmering hush that dead dreams fill.

A gray sad land, where her girlhood grew