By a route obscure and lonely Haunted by ill angels only Where an Eidolon name Night On a black throne reigns upright I have reached those lands but newly From an ultimate dim Thule From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime Out of space, out of time By the mountains, by the lakes, that thus outspread The lone waters, lone Lone waters, lone and dead Lone and dead The sad waters, sad and chilly Murmuring ever With the snows of the lolling lily By the mountains near the river With forms that no man can discover For the tears that drip all over By the grey woods, by the lakes, the new encamp By the dismal tarns By the dismal tarns and pools Most unholy There go the friends long given To the Earth and Heaven By a route so obscure and lonely Haunted by ill angels only With forms that no man can discover For the tears that drip all over Seas that restlessly aspire Surging unto sides of fire, unto skies of fire With forms that no man can discover For the tears that drip all over