The wind was on the withered heath by J.R.R. Tolkein. Part 2 of 2. The grasses hissed, their tassels bent, the reeds were rattling—on it went o'er shaken pool under heavens cool where racing clouds were torn and rent. It passed the lonely Mountain bare and swept above the dragon's lair: there black and dark lay boulders stark and flying smoke was in the air. It left the world and took its flight over the wide seas of the night. The moon set sail upon the gale, and stars were fanned to leaping light.