The wind was on the withered heath But in the forest stirred no leaf There shadows lay by night and day And 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 It pa**ed the Lonely Mountain bare And swept upon the dragon's lair There black and dark lay boulders stark And flying smoke was in the air The gra**es hissed, their ta**les bent The reeds were rattling - on it went O'er shaken pool by the heavens cool Where racing clouds were torn and rent It left the world and took its flight Up over the stormy seas of night The moon set sail upon the gale And stars were fanned to leaping light