When God shall come from the sea with a sigh
And bid the stars drop down from the sky,
And the moon like a pale rose wither away.’
BOOK II
THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN
Now, man of croziers, shadows called our names
When God shall come from the sea with a sigh
And bid the stars drop down from the sky,
And the moon like a pale rose wither away.’
Now, man of croziers, shadows called our names