Where Us Stepe A Water Sprung

Where us stept a water sprung,
to leaf and green and goose crept round,
and eyed us, with a soft grog, grog,
and a nodding,
each one big as a swollen dove,
with a hatching spot on the breast.

Us saw the speckled egg,
unhidden for the taking.

Then horses low and red,
came slow for us to ride,
neck outstretched for hands,
eye cast down and soft,
and nuzzled forth and bent for us to climb.

Fire at night closed us round,
with creatures us once tamed or killed,
and now would live among.