Within my soul have died,

As fade away the glorious tints

From heaven, at even-tide.

Wild minstrel! seize thy harp, I pray,

And let a dirge arise

In frantic woe—then faintly die

Amid the nightwind's sighs.

The saddest—deepest—wildest strain

Should wail such visions o'er;

Within the mournful Past entombed,