Rolling Down the Hole

Roll-roll-roll-roll, 
Roll-roll-rolling down the hole 
Heave ho! Splash plump! 
Down they go, down they bump! 
Down the swift dark stream you go 
Back to lands you once did know! 
Leave the halls and caverns deep, 
Leave the northern mountains steep, 
Where the forest wide and dim 
Stoops in shadow grey and grim! 
Float beyond the world of trees 
Out into the whispering breeze, 
Past the rushes, past the reeds, 
Past the marsh's waving weeds, 
Through the mist that riseth white 
Up from mere and pool at night! 
Follow, follow stars that leap 
Up the heavens cold and steep; 
Turn when dawn comes over land, 
Over rapid, over sand, 
South away! and South away! 
Seek the sunlight and the day, 
Back to pasture, back to mead, 
Where the kine and oxen feed! 
Back to gardens on the hills 
Where the berry swells and fills 
Under sunlight, under day! 
South away! and South away! 
Down the swift dark stream you go 
Back to lands you once did know!