Under Ben Bulben
I
Swear by what the sages spoke
Round the Mareotic Lake
That the Witch of Atlas knew
Spoke and set the cocks a-crow.
Swear by those horsemen, by those women
Complexion and form prove superhuman
That pale, long-visaged company
I
Swear by what the sages spoke
Round the Mareotic Lake
That the Witch of Atlas knew
Spoke and set the cocks a-crow.
Swear by those horsemen, by those women
Complexion and form prove superhuman
That pale, long-visaged company