VII
“Turn up to heaven thy streaming face,
And glance athwart the starry space;
What planet, burning in the blue,
Shall hold thy life begun anew?”
VIII
I looked out on the still midnight,
A thousand stars were flashing bright;
Unclouded shone the sailing moon
And filled with pallor all the room.
IX
The earth was hid with silver snow,
I heard the river’s steady flow,
I saw the moonlight softly fall
On running stream and mountain wall.
X
I found no peace in gazing here;
The earth seemed cold and very drear;
River and mountain bathed in light,
Were grim and ghastly in my sight.