Of the colour of life on the glow-peaks,

Till at the end of the even,

The last shell-tint on the snow-peaks

Had passed away from the heaven.

And yet, when it passed, victorious,

The stars came out on the mountains,

And the torrents gusty and glorious,

Clamoured in a thousand fountains,

And even far down in the valley,

A light re-discovered the chalet.