A FAERY SONG
 
 Sung by the people of Faery over Diarmuid and Grania,
 in their bridal sleep under a Cromlech.
 
 WE who are old, old and gay,
 O so old!
 Thousands of years, thousands of years,
 If all were told:
 Give to these children, new from the world,
 Silence and love;
 And the long dew-dropping hours of the night,
 And the stars above:
 Give to these children, new from the world,
 Rest far from men.
 Is anything better, anything better?
 Tell us it then:
 Us who are old, old and gay,
 O so old!
 Thousands of years, thousands of years,
 If all were told.