To rick or barn was borne away.
But it was bound and burned to ash
In the barren close by the reedy plash.
For 'neath that mound the valiant dead
Lay hearkening words of valiance said
When wise men stood on the Elders' Mound,
And the swords were shining bright around.
And now we saw the banners borne
On the first of the way that we had shorn;
So we laid the scythe upon the sward