"Icy wind of night be gone this is not your domain"      In the sky a bird was heard to cry   Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds   Belie the deathly silence that lay all around      Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox   Gone to ground   See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water   And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees   Laughing as it passes through the endless summer   Making for the sea      In the lazy water meadow I lay me down   All around me golden sun flakes settle on the ground   Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon   Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room      Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox   Gone to ground   See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water   And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees      In the lazy water meadow I lay me down   All around me golden sun flakes covering the ground   Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon   Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room      Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox   Gone to ground   See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water   And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees