The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

A fine essay on the Piper at the Gates of Dawn chapter in The Wind in the Willows ---
http://www.firstthings.com/article/2009/10/beyond-the-wild-wood

"A bird piped suddenly, and was still; and a light breeze sprang up and set the reeds and bulrushes rustling................................Then suddenly the Mole felt a great Awe fall upon him, an awe that turned his muscles to water, bowed his head, and rooted his feet to the ground. It was no panic terror-indeed he felt wonderfully at peace and happy-but it was an awe that smote and held him and, without seeing, he knew it could mean that some August Presence was very, very near. With difficulty he turned to look for his friend, ans saw him at his side cowed, stricken, and trembling violently. And still there was utter silence in the populous bird-haunted branches" (121-2).

Lyrics - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Van Morrison
http://www.lyricstime.com/van-morrison-piper-at-the-gates-of-dawn-lyrics.html
Here is the song performed by some guy on youtube:

Listen to Van Morrison sing it here!
you might get the whole thing, or possibly just 30 seconds. It was the only online song I could find.

The coolness of the riverbank, and the whispering of the reeds
Daybreak is not so very far away

Enchanted and spellbound, in the silence they lingered
And rowed the boat as the light grew steadily strong
And the birds were silent, as they listened for the heavenly music
And the river played the song

The wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn
The wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn

The song dream happened and the cloven hoofed piper
Played in that holy ground where they felt the awe and wonder
And they all were unafraid of the great god Pan

And the wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn
The wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn

When the vision vanished they heard a choir of birds singing
In the heavenly silence between the trance and the reeds
And they stood upon the lawn and listened to the silence

Of the wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn
The wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn
The wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn

It's the wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn
The wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn
The wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn

Go here for the guitar chords to Piper at the Gates of Dawn