Than this strange human bard,’ he cried;

And caught the silver harp away,

And, weeping over the white strings, hurled

It down in a leaf-hid hollow place

That kept dim waters from the sky;

And each one said with a long, long sigh,

‘O saddest harp in all the world,

Sleep there till the moon and the stars die!’

And now still sad we came to where

A beautiful young man dreamed within