The wind was on the withered heath,
But in the forest stirred no leaf:
There shadows lay by night and day,
And inside dark things silent crept beneath

The wind came down from mountains cold,
And like a tide it roared and rolled;
The branches groaned, the forest moaned,
And leaves were laid upon the mould

The wind went on from West to East;
All movement in the forest ceased,
But shrill and harsh across the marsh
It's whistling voices were released

It left the world and took it's flight
Over the wide seas of the night,
The moon set sail upon the gale,
And stars were fanned to leaping light

The grasses hissed, their tassles bent,
The reeds were rattling -- on it went
O'er shaken pool under the heavens cool
Where racing clouds were torn and rent

It passed the lonely Mountain bare
And swept above the dragon's lair:
There black and dark lay boulders stark
And flying smoke was in the air

It left the world and took it's flight
Over the wide seas of the night,
The moon set sail upon the gale,
And stars were fanned to leaping light