On a great horse of gold
Into the silver dawn

Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
The merry deer ran before

Fleeter be they than dappled dreams
The swift sweet deer
The red rare deer

Four red roebuck at a white water
The cruel bugle sang before

Horn at hip went my love riding
Riding the echo down
Into the silver dawn

Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
The level meadows ran before

Softer be they than slippered sleep
The lean lithe deer
The fleet flown deer

Four fleet does at a gold valley
The famished arrow sang before
Bow at belt went my love riding
Riding the mountain down
Into the silver dawn

Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
The sheer peaks ran before

Paler be they than daunting death
The sleek slim deer
The tall tense deer

Four tell stags at a green mountain
The lucky hunter sang before

All in green went my love riding
On a great horse of gold
Into the silver dawn

Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
My heart fell dead before