PRELUDE Still south I went, and west, and south again, Through Wicklow from the morning to the night, And far from cities and the sights of men, Lived with the sunshine and the moon's delight. I knew the stars, the flowers and the birds The grey and wintry sides of many glens, And did but half remember human words, In converse with the mountains, moors and fens. -- J. M Synge