Hills of the North! Lavender hills...
Hills of the North! Lavender hills.
Blue hills, tipped with crystal
Defying the ages.
Hills, high peaks where eagles wheel,
Where wild winds shout forever,
Whirling the snow
Like a mad dervish.
Sent in a letter to Howard's friend Tevis Clyde Smith, January 30, 1925. First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1, 2007.
Hills of the North! Lavender hills.
Blue hills, tipped with crystal
Defying the ages.
Hills, high peaks where eagles wheel,
Where wild winds shout forever,
Whirling the snow
Like a mad dervish.