My 'place of clear water,' br the first hill in the world br where springs washed into br the shiny grass br br and darkened cobbles br in the bed of the lane. br Anahorish, soft gradient br of consonant, vowel-meadow, br br after-image of lamps br swung through the yards br on winter evenings. br With pails and barrows br br those mound-dwellers br go waist-deep in mist br to break the light ice br at wells and dunghills.