Pale face of the moon, and the bare

Bright flame of the sun, unaware,

I have seen what the seraphs have seen!

Thro' the limitless spaces of air

The brave mists that waver and wane

Are patient and pallid and fair.

I have fathomed the pride and the pain

Of the snows and compassionate rain

Thro' the limitless spaces of air.

I have known them, the brave mists that wane