Weep, weep, ye river streams

O'er shadows, pale and glinting beams

Weep across leaf and moss, as dreams

That stitch the mind as thread through seams

Weep, weep, ye liquid grace

Let fall your tears down mountain face

To slither to its weary base

The poison from its heart, erase

Weep, weep, ye dreary skies

Veil the sorrow-stricken eyes

With virgin drops like first good-byes

That muffle out the somber cries

Weep, weep, ye sparrow choir

Your notes that linger like the lyre

With melodies that roar like fire

And tell the tale of lost desire

Weep, weep, ye empty earth

From thy cradle to empty hearth

Stricken void of hope or worth

Weep ye, for my death and birth