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From Richard Adam's novel Watership Down.

In the Great Burrow of Cowslip's warren, Hazel and Fiver (far right) listen to young Silverweed's (center) cryptic and frightening poem. Silverweed grows less and less aware of his audience as the poem progresses, hence his expression, while Fiver grows more terrified with each line.

Note: Silverweed's color design here is based on how I envisioned him in the book (I am aware that he looks very different in the WD TV series).

Silverweed, Hazel, Fiver, and the unidentified warren rabbits belong to Richard Adams.

Artwork is mine

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Silverweed's poem:

"The wind is blowing, blowing over the grass.
It shakes the willow catkins; the leaves shine silver.
Where are you going, wind? Far, far away
Over the hills, over the edge of the world.
Take me with you, wind, high over the sky.
I will go with you, I will be rabbit-of-the-wind,
Into the sky, the feathery sky and the rabbit.

The stream is running, running over the gravel,
Through the brooklime, the kingcups, the blue and gold of spring.
Where are you going, stream? Far, far away
Beyond the heather, sliding away all night.
Take me with you, stream, away in the starlight.
I will go with you, I will be rabbit-of-the-stream,
Down through the water, the green water and the rabbit.

In autumn the leaves come blowing, yellow and brown.
They rustle in the ditches, they tug and hang on the hedge.
Where are you going, leaves? Far, far away
Into the earth we go, with the rain and the berries.
Take me, leaves, O take me on your dark journey.
I will go with you, I will be rabbit-of-the-leaves,
In the deep places of the earth, the earth and the rabbit.

Frith lies in the evening sky. The clouds are red about him.
I am here, Lord Frith, I am running through the long grass.
O take me with you, dropping behind the woods,
Far away, to the heart of light, the silence.
For I am ready to give you my breath, my life,
The shining circle of the sun, the sun and the rabbit."

Description
From Richard Adam's novel Watership Down.

In the Great Burrow of Cowslip's warren, Hazel and Fiver (far right) listen to young Silverweed's (center) cryptic and frightening poem. Silverweed grows less and less aware of his audience as the poem progresses, hence his expression, while Fiver grows more terrified with each line.

Note: Silverweed's color design here is based on how I envisioned him in the book (I am aware that he looks very different in the WD TV series).

Silverweed, Hazel, Fiver, and the unidentified warren rabbits belong to Richard Adams.

Artwork is mine

**********************************************

Silverweed's poem:

"The wind is blowing, blowing over the grass.
It shakes the willow catkins; the leaves shine silver.
Where are you going, wind? Far, far away
Over the hills, over the edge of the world.
Take me with you, wind, high over the sky.
I will go with you, I will be rabbit-of-the-wind,
Into the sky, the feathery sky and the rabbit.

The stream is running, running over the gravel,
Through the brooklime, the kingcups, the blue and gold of spring.
Where are you going, stream? Far, far away
Beyond the heather, sliding away all night.
Take me with you, stream, away in the starlight.
I will go with you, I will be rabbit-of-the-stream,
Down through the water, the green water and the rabbit.

In autumn the leaves come blowing, yellow and brown.
They rustle in the ditches, they tug and hang on the hedge.
Where are you going, leaves? Far, far away
Into the earth we go, with the rain and the berries.
Take me, leaves, O take me on your dark journey.
I will go with you, I will be rabbit-of-the-leaves,
In the deep places of the earth, the earth and the rabbit.

Frith lies in the evening sky. The clouds are red about him.
I am here, Lord Frith, I am running through the long grass.
O take me with you, dropping behind the woods,
Far away, to the heart of light, the silence.
For I am ready to give you my breath, my life,
The shining circle of the sun, the sun and the rabbit."