The dust of the rivers does murmur and weep   Hard and sharp laughter that cuts to the bone   Ah, but ever face within your face does show   Going gladly now to give himself his own      And twelve yellow willows shall fellow the shallows   Small waves and thunder be my pillow   Upon the gleaming water two swans that swim   And every place shall be my native home      The east gate like a fortress dissolve it away   The west gate like a prison o come break it down   Island I remember living here   Wandering beneath the empty skies      In time her hair grew long and swept the ground   And seven blackbirds carried it out behind   It bore the holy imprint of her mind   As green-foot slow she moved among the seasons      The great man, the great man, historians his memory   Artists his senses, thinkers his brain   Labourers his growth   Explorers his limbs   And soldiers his death each second   And mystics his rebirth each second   Businessmen his nervous system   No-hustle men his stomach   Astrologers his balance   Lovers his loins   His skin it is all patchy   But soon will reach one glowing hue   God is his soul   Infinity his goal   The mystery his source   And civilisation he leaves behind   Opinions are his fingernails      Maya maya   All this world is but a play   Be thou the joyful player      The wanderer no sense does make   His eyes being tied in the true love's knot   The trees perceive his soul   Do not detain him long      Dear little animal dark-eyed and small   Caring for your fur with pointed paws   This hawk of truth is swift and flies with a still cry   A small sweetmeat to the eyes of night      O dandelion be thou thine   Reflecting the sun in sexual glory   In every-changing tongues   The every-changing story      The book, man, bird, woman, serpent, sea, sun   Blessed o blessed are they of the air   Your eyes are the eyes   Of the glad land   Ye twelve that will enter the seasons      The great ship, the ship of the world   Long time sailing   Mariners, mariners, gather your skills      Jesus and hitler and richard the lion heart   Three kings and moses and queen cleopatra   The cobbler, the maiden   The mender and the maker   The sickener and the twitcher   And the glad undertaker   The shepherd of willows   The harper and the archer   All sat down in one boat together   Troubled voyage in calm weather