Crashed the great tree, and lay subjugate,
Trembled the earth at the sound. 371

Lo! and the sins of the anchorite
Passed from his soul like a breath.
"Let us pray God to incline to us,
Slaves in the shadow of Death...."




CHAPTER III


OLD AND NEW

Iona has finished.
He crosses himself,
And the people are silent.
And then of a sudden

The trader cries loudly
In great irritation,
"What's wrong with the ferry?
A plague on the sluggards!
Ho, ferry ahoy!"

"You won't get the ferry 10
Till sunrise, for even
In daytime they're frightened