A Faery Song

Sung by the people of Faery over Diarmuid and Grania, in their bridal sleep under a Cromlech. / We who are old, old and gay, / O so old! / Thousands of years, thousands of years, / If all were told: // Give to these children, new from the world, / Silence and love; / And the long dew-dropping hours of the night, / And the stars above: // Give to these children, new from the world, / Rest far from men. / Is anything better, anything better? / Tell us it then: // Us who are old, old and gay, / O so old! / Thousands of years, thousands of years, / If all were told.