Shattered the seamy crags and heaving floor.”
And so in a vision of terror Cedric saw the little vale, and the cot “fringed round with tender green”; and upon the lawn he saw Eileen, lying as one dead.
“And Cedric sprang, and cried, ‘My love! Eileen!’
And on the instant came a thunder-crash
Like to the sound of old primeval days,
Of mountain-heaving shock and earthquake roar,
Of whirling planets shattered in the dark.”
And so, half wild with grief and despair, Cedric wandered forth into the world; and after great suffering, the birds took pity upon him, and gave him advice—that he should seek Caradrion.
“’Caradrion?’ cried Cedric, starting up,
‘Speak swiftly, ere too late, where dwelleth he?’
‘Ah, that I know not,’ spake the little voice,
‘Yet keep thy courage, seek thou out the
