The Treasure in Silbury Hill
Have you witnessed Silbury, immense against the skies?
Yes, I've gazed up at the mound
And seen its mighty size.
Did it help you glimpse the past and cause your heart to sing?
Yes and then I wondered how
Man ever built the thing.
Did you know fools drilled inside for treasure 'neath the lid?
Yes, and nothing did they find
Save what the ancients hid.
The wealth contained in Silbury did not consist of gold;
She represented Mother Earth,
Whose riches can't be sold.
And still today near Avebury her pregnant slopes persist,
A hill of chalk enclosed in green
That floats within a mist.
©
http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/silbury.htm
Have you witnessed Silbury, immense against the skies?
Yes, I've gazed up at the mound
And seen its mighty size.
Did it help you glimpse the past and cause your heart to sing?
Yes and then I wondered how
Man ever built the thing.
Did you know fools drilled inside for treasure 'neath the lid?
Yes, and nothing did they find
Save what the ancients hid.
The wealth contained in Silbury did not consist of gold;
She represented Mother Earth,
Whose riches can't be sold.
And still today near Avebury her pregnant slopes persist,
A hill of chalk enclosed in green
That floats within a mist.
©
http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/silbury.htm




