Silently from crag and crest,—

And my memory’s frozen tides

Melt to weeping in my breast,—

And the snowy surplice glides

Down the Ice-priest’s giant sides—

[Trembling.]

Man, why wept’st thou not till now?

Brand.

[Radiant, clear, and with an air of renewed youth.]

Through the Law an ice-track led,—