THE HOLLOW LAND
Reading edition
Elms on the marbled sky Walling this hollow land, Write something black that I Find hard to understand. Belshazzar in his hall, Belshazzar and those lords Saw suddenly on the wall Great crooked words: A doom, a doom of fear ... Something our hearts forget Is mighty still and near To claim his debt. Behold before it falls— Behold the mighty hand Of Nature on the walls Of the hollow land!