Lewis Carroll - Dreamland lyrics

When midnight mists are creeping And all the land is sleeping Around me tread the mighty dead And slowly pa** away Lo, warriors, saints, and sages From out the vanished ages With solemn pace and reverend face Appear and pa** away The blaze of noonday splendour The twilight soft and tender May charm the eye: yet they shall die Shall die and pa** away But here, in Dreamland's centre No spoiler's hand may enter These visions fair, this radiance rare Shall never pa** away I see the shadows falling The forms of old recalling Around me tread the mighty dead And slowly pa** away