To north, to north there lay the land of dread Dungorthin, where all ways were dead In hills, in hills of shadow bleak and cold Beyond was deadly nighshades hold To south, to south the wide earth unexplored To west, to west the ancient ocean roared To east, to east in peaks of blue were piled The mountains of the outer world Unsailed and shoreless, wide and wild To east in peaks of blue were piled In silence folded, mist enfurled The mountains of the outer world Beyond the tangled woodland shade Thorn and thicket, grove and glade Whose brooding boughs with magic hung Were ancient when the world was young Unsailed and shoreless, wide and wild To east in peaks of blue were piled In silence folded, mist enfurled The mountains of the outer world Beyond the tangled woodland shade Thorn and thicket, grove and glade Whose brooding boughs with magic hung Were ancient when the world was young To north, to north there lay the land of dread Dungorthin, where all ways were dead In hills, in hills of shadow bleak and cold Beyond was deadly nighshades hold To south, to south the wide earth unexplored To west, to west the ancient ocean roared To east, to east in peaks of blue were piled The mountains of the outer world Unsailed and shoreless, wide and wild To east in peaks of blue were piled In silence folded, mist enfurled The mountains of the outer world Beyond the tangled woodland shade Thorn and thicket, grove and glade Whose brooding boughs with magic hung Were ancient when the world was young Unsailed and shoreless, wide and wild To east in peaks of blue were piled In silence folded, mist enfurled The mountains of the outer world Beyond the tangled woodland shade Thorn and thicket, grove and glade Whose brooding boughs with magic hung Were ancient when the world was young