GEORGE
MACKAY BROWN
Song: Further than Hoy
| Further than
Hoy the mermaids whisper through ivory shells a-babble with vowels Further than history the legends thicken the buried broken vases and columns Further than fame are fleas and visions, the hermit's cave under the mountain Further than song the hushed awakening of country children the harp unstroked Further than death your feet will come to the forest, black forest where Love walks, alone. GMB © 1954 |
| from The Storm published 1954 Orkney Press and from Selected Poems 1954-1992 new enlarged edition 1996 John Murray (Publishers) Ltd 50 Albemarle Street London W1X 4BD |