Far over the misty mountains cold<br />
To dungeons deep and caverns old<br />
We must away ere break of day<br />
To seek the pale enchanted gold.<br />
<br />
The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, <br />
While hammers fell like ringing bells<br />
In places deep, where dark things sleep, <br />
In hollow halls beneath the fells.<br />
<br />
For ancient king and elvish lord<br />
There many a gloaming golden hoard<br />
They shaped and wrought, and light they caught<br />
To hide in gems on hilt of sword.<br />
<br />
On silver necklaces they strung<br />
The flowering stars, on crowns they hung<br />
The dragon-fire, in twisted wire<br />
They meshed the light of moon and sun.<br />
<br />
Far over the misty mountains cold<br />
To dungeons deep and caverns old<br />
We must away, ere break of day, <br />
To claim our long-forgotten gold.<br />
<br />
Goblets they carved there for themselves<br />
And harps of gold; where no man delves<br />
There lay they long, and many a song<br />
Was sung unheard by men or elves.<br />
<br />
The pines were roaring on the height, <br />
The winds were moaning in the night.<br />
The fire was red, it flaming spread; <br />
The trees like torches biased with light, <br />
<br />
The bells were ringing in the dale<br />
And men looked up with faces pale; <br />
The dragon's ire more fierce than fire<br />
Laid low their towers and houses frail.<br />
<br />
The mountain smoked beneath the moon; <br />
The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom.<br />
They fled their hall to dying -fall<br />
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.<br />
<br />
Far over the misty mountains grim<br />
To dungeons deep and caverns dim<br />
We must away, ere break of day, <br />
To win our harps and gold from him! <br />
<br />
The pines were roaring on the height, <br />
The winds were moaning in the night.<br />
The fire was red, it flaming spread; <br />
The trees like torches biased with light, <br />
<br />
The bells were ringing in the dale<br />
And men looked up with faces pale; <br />
The dragon's ire more fierce than fire<br />
Laid low their towers and houses frail.</