My black hills have never seen the sun rising, br Eternally they look north towards Armagh. br Lot's wife would not be salt if she had been br Incurious as my black hills that are happy br When dawn whitens Glassdrummond chapel. br br My hills hoard the bright shillings of March br While the sun searches in every pocket. br They are my Alps and I have climbed the Matterhorn br With a sheaf of hay for three perishing calves br In the field under the Big Forth of Rocksavage. br br The sleety winds fondle the rushy beards of Shancoduff br While the cattle-drovers sheltering in the Featherna Bush br Look up and say: "Who owns them hungry hills br That the water-hen and snipe must have forsaken? br A poet? Then by heavens he must be poor.