Tiravee! Tiravee! Tiravee! The year has heard the spring In far recesses smouldering. Tiravee! Tiravee! Tiravee! The robins sing, Daffadowndillies and lilies And crocuses are hiding, Under the garden abiding, Soon you’ll see! Soon you’ll see! Soon you’ll see! For along the west border, All in their proper order, Just like last year— Look!—the tops of the snowdrops are here! Tiravee! Tiravee! Tiravee! Oh, how wonderful it is to see The spring again just as she used to be! Showing how the bulbs grow Under the ground, Making a sound Where silence lay low. Displaying The beauty of the earth, Saying: “There is no death. For consider the lilies How they grow, and the daffadowndillies, Underground They have found The spring!” Oh, Robin, sing! Oh, come away and see The tops Of the first snowdrops! Tiravee! Tiravee! Tiravee! [_During the song the others, drawn by the sound of piping, all begin to come in one by one, with the exception of the Climber, beginning with the Marksman and ending with the Carpenter, dancing and humming the tune. When the Listener has done they all applaud him delightedly, and the Marksman lets fly an arrow seaward._] LISTENER [_Astonished._] What’s that for? MARKSMAN You hit the mark that time. LISTENER [_Running to look._] Where? I didn’t see! MARKSMAN Nobody did but me. Who taught you that song sublime? LISTENER A robin back there in the wood; I haven’t got it very good. FINN You have a very fine ear. Is there anything else you can hear? LISTENER [_Putting his ear to the ground and listening intently._] I can hear the voice of your mother. FINN [_Eagerly._] What is she saying? LISTENER She’s saying she’s unravelling Your fetters of travelling And straying; She’s saying She’s sending your father To help you to gather The children he’s losing Through none of her choosing. FINN [_Bewildered._] Talk sense! LISTENER [_Offended._] I do; but it’s too immense For you to comprehend With your unenlightened end! [_Aside._] There! didn’t I tell you she’d send! [_At this moment the Climber runs in excitedly._] CLIMBER