- Still round the corner there may wait
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- A new road or a secret gate,
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- And though I oft have passed them by,
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- A day will come at last when I
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- Shall take the hidden paths that run
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- West of the Moon, East of the Sun.
The final line of the verse is a variant on the phrase "East of the Sun and West of the Moon", which is used in fairy-stories and similar tales to refer to another world that is fantastically difficult to reach — in this case
Aman, which can only be reached by the
Straight Road.
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