No End of No-Story + 

There is a river + 

whose waters run asleep + 

run run ever + 

singing in the shallows + 

dumb in the hollows + 

sleeping so deep + 

and all the swallows + 

that dip their feathers + 

in the hollows + 

or in the shallows + 

are the merriest swallows + 

and the nests they make + 

with the clay they cake + 

with the water they shake + 

from their wings that rake + 

the water out of the shallows + 

or out of the hollows + 

will hold together + 

in any weather + 

and the swallows + 

are the merriest fellows + 

and have the merriest children + 

and are built very narrow + 

like the head of an arrow + 

to cut the air + 

and go just where + 

the nicest water is flowing + 

and the nicest dust is blowing + 

and each so narrow + 

like the head of an arrow + 

is a wonderful barrow + 

to carry the mud he makes + 

for his children’s sakes + 

from the wet water flowing + 

and the dry dust blowing + 

to build his nest + 

for her he loves best + 

and the wind cakes it + 

the sun bakes it + 

into a nest + 

for the rest + 

of her he loves best + 

and all their merry children + 

each little fellow + 

with a beak as yellow + 

as the buttercups growing + 

beside the flowing + 

of the singing river + 

always and ever + 

growing and blowing + 

as fast as the sheep + 

awake or asleep + 

crop them and crop + 

and cannot stop + 

their yellowness blowing + 

nor yet the growing + 

of the obstinate daisies + 

the little white praises + 

they grow and they blow + 

they spread out their crown + 

and they praise the sun + 

and when he goes down + 

their praising is done + 

they fold up their crown + 

and sleep every one + 

till over the plain + 

he is shining amain + 

and they’re at it again + 

praising and praising + 

such low songs raising + 

that no one can hear them + 

but the sun so near them + 

and the sheep that bite them + 

but do not fright them + 

are the quietest sheep + 

awake or asleep + 

with the merriest bleat + 

and the little lambs + 

are the merriest lambs + 

forgetting to eat + 

for the frolic in their feet + 

and the lambs and their dams + 

are the whitest sheep + 

with the woolliest wool + 

for the swallow to pull + 

when he makes his nest + 

for her he loves best + 

and they shine like snow + 

in the grasses that grow + 

by the singing river + 

that sings for ever + 

and the sheep and the lambs + 

are merry for ever + 

because the river + 

sings and they drink it + 

and the lambs and their dams + 

would any one think it + 

are bright and white + 

because of their diet + 

which gladdens them quiet + 

for what they bite + 

is buttercups yellow + 

and daisies white + 

and grass as green + 

as the river can make it + 

with wind as mellow + 

to kiss it and shake it + 

as never was known + 

but here in the hollows + 

beside the river + 

where all the swallows + 

are the merriest fellows + 

and the nests they make + 

with the clay they cake + 

in the sunshine bake + 

till they are like bone + 

and as dry in the wind + 

as a marble stone + 

dried in the wind + 

the sweetest wind + 

that blows by the river + 

flowing for ever + 

and who shall find + 

whence comes the wind + 

that blows on the hollows + 

and over the shallows + 

where dip the swallows + 

and comes and goes + 

and the sweet life blows + 

into the river + 

that sings as it flows + 

and the sweet life blows + 

into the sheep + 

awake or asleep + 

with the woolliest wool + 

and the trailingest tails + 

and never fails + 

gentle and cool + 

to wave the wool + 

and to toss the grass + 

as the lambs and the sheep + 

over it pass + 

and tug and bite + 

with their teeth so white + 

and then with the sweep + 

of their trailing tails + 

smooth it again + 

and it grows amain + 

and amain it grows + 

and the wind that blows + 

tosses the swallows + 

over the hollows + 

and over the shallows + 

and blows the sweet life + 

and the joy so rife + 

into the swallows + 

that skim the shallows + 

and have the yellowest children + 

and the wind that blows + 

is the life of the river + 

that flows for ever + 

and washes the grasses + 

still as it passes + 

and feeds the daisies + 

the little white praises + 

and buttercups sunny + 

with butter and honey + 

that whiten the sheep + 

awake or asleep + 

that nibble and bite + 

and grow whiter than white + 

and merry and quiet + 

on such good diet + 

watered by the river + 

and tossed for ever + 

by the wind that tosses + 

the wool and the grasses + 

and the swallow that crosses + 

with all the swallows + 

over the shallows + 

dipping their wings + 

to gather the water + 

and bake the cake + 

for the wind to make + 

as hard as a bone + 

and as dry as a stone + 

and who shall find + 

whence comes the wind + 

that blows from behind + 

and ripples the river + 

that flows for ever + 

and still as it passes + 

waves the grasses + 

and cools the daisies + 

the white sun praises + 

that feed the sheep + 

awake or asleep + 

and give them their wool + 

for the swallows to pull + 

a little away + 

to mix with the clay + 

that cakes to a nest + 

for those they love best + 

and all the yellow children + 

soon to go trying + 

their wings at the flying + 

over the hollows + 

and over the shallows + 

with all the swallows + 

that do not know + 

whence the wind doth blow + 

that comes from behind + 

a blowing wind + 