Far away -- far away -- Far away -- as far at least Lies that valley as the day Down within the golden east -- All things lovely -- are not they Far away -- far away? It is called the valley Nis. And a Syriac tale there is Thereabout which Time hath said Shall not be interpreted. Something about Satan's dart -- Something about angel wings -- Much about a broken heart -- All about unhappy things: But "the valley Nis" at best Means "the valley of unrest." @3Once@1 it smiled a silent dell Where the people did not dwell, Having gone unto the wars -- And the sly mysterious stars, With a visage full of meaning, O'er the unguarded flowers were leaning: Or the sun ray dripp'd all red Thro' the tulips overhead, Then grew paler as it fell On the quiet Asphodel. @3Now@1 the @3unhappy@1 shall confess Nothing there is motionless: Helen, like thy human eye There th' uneasy violets lie -- There the reedy grass doth wave Over the old forgotten grave -- One by one from the tree top There the eternal dews do drop -- There the vague and dreamy trees Do roll like seas in northern breeze Around the stormy Hebrides -- There the gorgeous clouds do fly, Rustling everlastingly, Through the terror-stricken sky, Rolling like a waterfall O'er th' horizon's fiery wall -- There the moon doth shine by night With a most unsteady light -- There the sun doth reel by day "Over the hills and far away." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHANGED WOMAN by LOUISE BOGAN A UTILITARIAN VIEW OF THE MONITOR'S FIGHT by HERMAN MELVILLE STEADFASTNESS; THE LOVER BESEECHETH HIS MISTRESS by THOMAS WYATT TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE REV. GILBERT WAKEFIELD by LUCY AIKEN GREENES FUNERALLS: SONNET 11 by RICHARD BARNFIELD THE BOTTOM DRAWER by AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR AN EVENING PRAYER by BERNARD BARTON THE IMPROVISATORE: THE INDUCTION TO THE FIRST FYTTE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |