Sing me a song of the dead world,

Of the great frost deep and still,

Of the sword of fire the wind hurled

On the iron hill.

Sing me a song of the driving snow,

Of the reeling cloud and the smoky drift,

Where the sheeted wraiths like ghosts go

Through the gloomy rift.

Sing me a song of the ringing blade,

Of the snarl and shatter the light ice makes,